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

[Randal Hale]

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.

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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