[GeoNode-devel] MapQuest has discontinued direct tile access

[Bart van den Eijnden]

This will not work. GXP would need to be modified as well, but there is no way to do so since MapQuest only supports using a (closed) Leaflet plugin. There doesn’t seem to be an open API.

Best regards,
Bart

> On 12 Jul 2016, at 16:46, Eugenio Trumpy <frippe12573 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I tried to arrange (and test) the config file local_setting following the guide: 
> http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/advanced/geonode_production/production.html#production <http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/advanced/geonode_production/production.html#production>
> 
> after to have got the apikey from MapQuest.
> 
> However, it doesn't work...
> 
> Am I wrong in the local_setting?
> I modified as follow:
> MAPQUEST_API_KEY="my_apikey"
> 
> MAP_BASELAYERS = [{
>     "source": {"ptype": "gxp_olsource"},
>     "type": "OpenLayers.Layer",
>     "args": ["No background"],
>     "visibility": False,
>     "fixed": True,
>     "group":"background"
> }, {
>     "source": {"ptype": "gxp_osmsource"},
>     "type": "OpenLayers.Layer.OSM",
>     "name": "mapnik",
>     "visibility": False,
>     "fixed": True,
>     "group": "background"
> },# {
>    # "source": {
>    #      "ptype": "gxp_mapquestsource",
>    #      "apiKey":MAPQUEST_API_KEY
>    #      },
>    # "name": "osm",
>    # "group": "background",
>    # "visibility": True,
>    # "fixed":True
> #}, {
>    # "source": {
>    #      "ptype": "gxp_mapquestsource",
>    #      "apiKey":MAPQUEST_API_KEY
>    #      },
>    # "name": "naip",
>    # "group": "background",
>    # "visibility": False,
>    # "fixed":True
> #},
> {
>     "source": {"ptype": "gxp_mapboxsource"},
> }]
> 
> 
> E.
> 
> 
> 
> Da: Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at boundlessgeo.com <mailto:bartvde at boundlessgeo.com>>
> Inviato: martedì 12 luglio 2016 11.55
> A: Simone Dalmasso
> Cc: Eugenio Trumpy; Dimitris Karakostis; geonode-devel
> Oggetto: Re: [GeoNode-devel] MapQuest has discontinued direct tile access
>  
> It seems like that, unless MapQuest changes something but it doesn’t seem they have any intention to do so given our communication with them so far.
> 
> Bart
> 
>> On 12 Jul 2016, at 11:50, Simone Dalmasso <simone.dalmasso at gmail.com <mailto:simone.dalmasso at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks Bart,
>> interesting, so our gxp based viewers are unable to show mapquest tiles anymore....
>> 
>> 2016-07-12 11:47 GMT+02:00 Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at boundlessgeo.com <mailto:bartvde at boundlessgeo.com>>:
>> Please note there doesn’t seem to be a legal way currently to do so, only for Leaflet:
>> 
>> https://github.com/openlayers/ol3/issues/5484#issuecomment-231988134 <https://github.com/openlayers/ol3/issues/5484#issuecomment-231988134>
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Bart
>> 
>>> On 12 Jul 2016, at 11:45, Simone Dalmasso <simone.dalmasso at gmail.com <mailto:simone.dalmasso at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Well everyone is still free to make their own mapquest purchase plans and add it to geonode, like bing we would only comment out the code.
>>> 
>>> 2016-07-12 11:41 GMT+02:00 Eugenio Trumpy <frippe12573 at hotmail.com <mailto:frippe12573 at hotmail.com>>:
>>> Hi, what about to use this workaround (at least temporary):
>>> 
>>> http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/advanced/geonode_production/production.html#production <http://docs.geonode.org/en/master/tutorials/advanced/geonode_production/production.html#production>
>>> 
>>> to set apiKey after a registration to mapquest? They allow 15000 transaction for free...
>>> actually I don't know if those are enough...
>>> 
>>> E.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Da: geonode-devel <geonode-devel-bounces at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:geonode-devel-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> per conto di Simone Dalmasso <simone.dalmasso at gmail.com <mailto:simone.dalmasso at gmail.com>>
>>> Inviato: martedì 12 luglio 2016 11.00
>>> A: Dimitris Karakostis
>>> Cc: geonode-devel
>>> Oggetto: Re: [GeoNode-devel] MapQuest has discontinued direct tile access
>>>  
>>> Hi, yes I think we have to remove those layers from base maps.
>>> 
>>> 2016-07-12 10:49 GMT+02:00 Dimitris Karakostis <karakostis.dimitris at gmail.com <mailto:karakostis.dimitris at gmail.com>>:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> As of July 11 MapQuest has discontinued direct tile access.
>>> More on the matter here: 
>>> http://devblog.mapquest.com/2016/06/15/modernization-of-mapquest-results-in-changes-to-open-tile-access/ <http://devblog.mapquest.com/2016/06/15/modernization-of-mapquest-results-in-changes-to-open-tile-access/>
>>> 
>>> Example of broken baselayer in Geonode Demo page:
>>> http://demo.geonode.org/layers/geonode%3Aentidad <http://demo.geonode.org/layers/geonode%3Aentidad>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dimitris
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Simone 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Simone 

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