[Qgis-developer] Future of OpenLayers plugin - time to deprecate?

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On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:42:27 -0500
Randal Hale <rjhale at northrivergeographic.com> wrote:

> As a non-developer if I can chip in my .02 cents worth - I think 
> deprecating it might be a good thing. To me it was always a plugin
> that received a lot of applause - but the one that would cause the
> most questions ("why can't I use this imagery in map composer").
> While I liked having access to google/bing imagery - it always made
> me more uncomfortable having it there because of the terms of service.
> 
> I didn't know that QuickMapServices was a plugin - and after looking
> at it I think most people will have a problem because there is no 
> google/bing imagery in that one. In the US I have enough choices for 
> imagery - and that might not be the case everywhere else. I'm unsure
> how up to date MapQuest Aerial is - but better than nothing.
> 

I got caught on that one.
In QuickMapServices>Settings there is a "Contributed Services" tile.
Select "Get Contributed Services" and a whole lot of stuff, including
Bing and Google are provided.

To me QMS makes "Open layers" obsolete - but it needs a bit more
documentation on how to get Bing etc!!!

On principle I am against retirement, but am not aware of a strong
argument against it for Open Layers.  (Something I have used and valued
for quite some time..)
H


> Possibly add a pop-up/warning on the open layers plugin since it is 
> popular - "We are in the process of deprecating this plugin".
> 
> Other than that - +1 for retirement.
> 
> Randy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 12/30/2015 09:42 PM, Nyall Dawson wrote:
> > On 31 December 2015 at 13:29, Joshua Quesenberry
> > <engnfrc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> If the plugin is deprecated, what is replacing it? I find the
> >> plugin to be very useful.
> > QuickMapServices. It's got numerous improvements over OpenLayers,
> > including reprojection support and not breaking the map composer.
> >
> > Nyall
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Qgis-developer
> >> [mailto:qgis-developer-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tom
> >> Chadwin Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 5:46 PM To:
> >> qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer]
> >> Future of OpenLayers plugin - time to deprecate?
> >>
> >> I think deprecation and removal would be good, but for a
> >> tangential reason: the name conflicts with OpenLayers the web
> >> mapping library. A trivial reason at best, but probably irritating
> >> to many, and potentially confusing to users.
> >>
> >>
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