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

[Etienne Tourigny]

I meant heads up... not thumbs up


On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Etienne Tourigny <etourigny.dev at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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>>
>>
>
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