[QGIS-Developer] Print Composer Bug with Scale and Rotation

[Nyall Dawson]

On 20 June 2017 at 02:18, C Hamilton <adenaculture at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am finding real inconsistent behavior with the print composer in QGIS
> 2.18.9 on Windows 7. The problem manifest quickly if you start with a
> QuickMapServices base layer such as OSM Standard. In print composer "Add new
> map" and while the map is selected, click on "Item Properties" and try to
> change the "Scale". It doesn't allow you to manually to change it nor does
> "Map rotation" permit any change.
>
> If however when you first start QGIS and then set the current CRS to 3857
> first and then add the QuickMapServers base layer then you can changed the
> "Scale" however "Map rotation" still does not work correctly.
>
> I have also tried WMS services and sometimes it works and sometimes it
> doesn't.
>
> Should I add this to the QGIS issue tracker?

No - it's a plugin specific bug, so should be filed with the plugin.

However, I'd strongly suggest using the native XYZ tile provider which
is present in QGIS 2.18 (see
https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/visualchangelog218/index.html#feature-native-support-of-xyz-tile-layers).
It has full support for rotation in canvas and composer maps (neither
QuickMapServices nor OpenLayers plugin support this). It's also much
more responsive when navigating maps.

Nyall