[Qgis-developer] Questions around xyz tile server connections in master 2

[Neumann, Andreas]

Hi, 

I have a couple of questions around the new "Tileserver" layer support
in QGIS desktop to be released with 2.18. I think the main commit is
https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/commit/f5b657db19eda7e72e6ed34eb7fe333c156acad0
- right? 

First, let me thank you a lot for this -  Martin and Lutra Consulting
for developing/sponsoring it! 

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However, I wonder if the usability of the newly added tilserver is
already good enough? Or at least I think it is not really obvious how to
use it. 

1. How can add a new connection to a tile server? Is the browser the
only way? If yes, I hope that an additional entry to Layer --> Add Layer
menu could be added - all other layer types can be added this way. 

2. What is a correct URL? This is really hard to find out. F.e. I went
to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tile_servers and tried to copy
some URLs and failed about finding the correct syntax. I added the layer
to the project --> nothing happened. No display, no error message. Maybe
because the projections do not match? - or would QGIS reproject on the
fly? 

3. Can we add some popular tile map server URLs by default - similar to
the QuickMapServices plugin? 

4. How can one edit an existing tile server connection - e.b. change
title or URL? Currently, one can only delete and re-add it. 

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Thank you for your reply, 

Andreas

  
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