[Qgis-developer] Adding plugins to core?

[Etienne Tourigny]

Thanks for the links. Most of this information is also available at [1].

I am preparing a simple plugin to load these layers  as raster layers, will
keep you updated on this.

[1] http://www.gdal.org/frmt_wms.html



On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 2:32 PM, kimaidou <kimaidou at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi List
>
> For the record, here is an old blog post about using gdal driver to
> use external layers such as OSM
>
> http://www.3liz.com/blog/rldhont/index.php?post/2012/07/17/OpenStreetMap-Tiles-in-QGIS
>
> The problem is that with this method, it seems GDAL does not alway use
> the right tiles for the rigth scale. There must be an additionnal
> parameter wich can control this behaviour.
>
> I totally agree with the concerns about licence violation. Easing the
> use of Google layers is kind of encouraging people to use it, for
> example for digitization purpose. Users must be warned about the terms
> of service.
>
> Michael
>
> PS : someone has gathered a list of XML for GDAL for some providers :
>
> http://libreavous.teledetection.fr/geomatique/28-sig/58-afficher-des-couches-issues-de-services-en-ligne-dans-un-sig
>
> Click on the button called "Fichiers de configuration ...."
> Michael
>
> 2014-04-07 16:48 UTC+02:00, Etienne Tourigny <etourigny.dev at gmail.com>:
> > Since the OpenLayers plugin does not (currently) work with master,
> perhaps
> > we can replace it with TMS-based layers, either through a plugin or as a
> > native (GDAL-based) provider?
> >
> > Is there anything in OpenLayers plugin that could not work with GDAL TMS
> > mini-driver [1] ?
> >
> > [1] http://www.gdal.org/frmt_wms.html
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Etienne Tourigny
> > <etourigny.dev at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Since the OpenLayers plugin does not (currently) work with master,
> >> perhaps
> >> we can replace it with TMS-based layers, wither through a plugin or as a
> >> native (GDAL-based) provider?
> >>
> >> Is there anything in OpenLayers that could not work with GDAL TMS
> >> mini-driver [1] ?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Vincent Picavet
> >> <vincent.ml at oslandia.com>wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> Le lundi 7 avril 2014 12:05:05, Nyall Dawson a écrit :
> >>> > On 7 April 2014 18:15, Vincent Picavet <vincent.ml at oslandia.com>
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> > > A good solution though would be to remove google layers and only
> use
> >>> OSM
> >>> > > and mapbox layers, which begin to be on par in terms of quality.
> >>> >
> >>> > I'm pretty sure this is against MapBox's terms of service too, unless
> >>> > users were made to sign up for a MapBox account and had to add their
> >>> > individual API key to QGIS to unlock MapBox layers:
> >>> > "You must have a Mapbox account to use Mapbox. You are required to
> >>> > register for an account before using the Service. Each request to the
> >>> > API must include your account's unique API identifier. Unauthorized
> >>> > use of any API identifier is prohibited." [1]
> >>>
> >>> Right, I had not read this through. It would probably be much easier to
> >>> get a
> >>> specific authorization from MapBox than from Google though, given their
> >>> open-
> >>> source orientation.
> >>>
> >>> > > Or let the user a
> >>> > > deliberate way to add google layers (indicating a URL or something
> >>> like
> >>> > > this), warning him about the licence.
> >>> >
> >>> > Hmm... while this may be a workable solution to the licensing issue,
> >>> > wouldn't it be a step back in functionality anyway? We'd be trading
> >>> > having a good, working off-the-shelf third-party plugin for a
> crippled
> >>> > core version which takes user intervention to unlock the same
> >>> > features.
> >>>
> >>> In any case, there are quite a lot of OSM based layers which can be
> used
> >>> (HOT,
> >>> OSM.fr, OpenCycleMap...). We can still enhance the plugin with those.
> >>> It would lack an aerial imagery layer though.
> >>>
> >>> > I'm totally for adding essential plugins to core (or merging the
> >>> > functionality with reimplemented c++ versions), but I honestly don't
> >>> > know if it's workable to do this for the OpenLayers plugin.
> >>>
> >>> Right, if we remove everything from the plugin except the TMS YXZ
> >>> layers,
> >>> we
> >>> could also just have a better ergonomy for opening this kind of layers
> >>> through
> >>> GDAL, and have a predefined list of layers accessible on internet (even
> >>> auto-
> >>> updatable by downloading the list).
> >>>
> >>> Vincent
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> >>
> >>
> >
>
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