[Qgis-developer] new plugin "Load TMS Layer"

[Etienne Tourigny]

Hi
Thanks for the thumbs up.
Can you explain if using Google Maps with the OpenLayers plugin respects
their TOS? Do you have any links for Google TOS using both tiles and web
view (used in OpenLayers)?

thanks Etienne


On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Pirmin Kalberer <pi_ml at sourcepole.com>wrote:

> Hi Etienne,
>
> Am Montag, 7. April 2014, 18.45:05 schrieb Etienne Tourigny:
> > I have put together a simple plugin to load a number of TMS layers using
> > the GDAL TMS mini-driver [1]. I see it as a simple alternative to the
> more
> > complete OpenLayers plugin.
> >
> > Code is at github for now [2]. Any suggestions are welcome (including
> > plugin name). Also if you have any other working examples please let me
> > know.
> >
> > Supported layers are OSM, Google, and other examples given in [1] (except
> > those that don't work).
>
> Using Google Maps via TMS URL's is against their TOS. That's also the
> reason,
> why I didn't approve the similar Tile Map Scale Plugin [1] yet.
>
> [1] https://github.com/datalyze-solutions/TileMapScaleLevels
>
> Regards
> Pirmin
>
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