[Qgis-developer] Default Tiled XYZ servers

[Martin Dobias]

Hi Paolo

On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 1:40 AM, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:
> Hi all,
> during several trainings I found that Tiled XYZ servers are difficult to
> set up for the average user:
> * not easy to finx the URL of a server
> * not easy to copy/paste it (e.g. osm wiki adds extra characters)
> * the dialog to add it is different from that of WMS/WFS/WCS: first the
> address, then the name, instead of a single dialog for name and URL
> * apparently impossible to edit an URL once added (WMS etc. can be).

I have now added a dialog for configuration of XYZ layers - closer to
the experience with WMS and others. Also possible to edit connections
now.

> As discussed previously, adding default servers would help. I
> acknowledge the fact that adding it would put an huge load on the public
> server, but could we as some of them whether thay agree in adding it?

Yeah - I think it would be nice to have at least OpenStreetMap tiles
available by default. Would you like to lead on asking OSM project for
permission?


> Alternatively, could we ask QGIS users and donors whether they could
> fund our own server?

That can be also an interesting option, but not sure if we have
someone who is happy to dedicate time to build and maintain our own
tileserver...

Cheers
Martin