[Qgis-developer] Adding default OSM backround maps

[Paolo Cavallini]

Hi Jorge,
thanks for taking this.

Il 21/03/2017 15:58, Jorge Gustavo Rocha ha scritto:

> 1. The UserAgent is already a configurable feature in QGIS (under
> Options/Network). Any user can change it, but we can propose another
> default value.

thanks - so, which could be the right default?

> 2. The QGIS community is very much aware of OpenStreetMap. If we really
> need to make our users more aware, does it make sense to add a new
> button to QGIS to report map errors? (context dependent, when the
> OpenStreetMap layer is shown) It would have the same functionality of
> the notes in OpenStreetMap web interface.

sounds good to me, and I assume also for OSM board

> 3.1 On the "add layer" dialog, we can show the OpenStreetMap url (which
> might change over time) and licenses (for data and tiles) taken from
> settings or an (external) resource. We can make this not hard coded, to
> be modified easily, without upgrading QGIS. We can also check if the
> service is enabled for us, before allow users to add that layer (related
> with 4.).

sounds good

> 3.2 When the tiles are used in the composer or on the web client, we can
> not enforce an attribution string. We might add or suggest it, but users
> should be free the create and edit the attributions. It the
> responsibility of the user, not a QGIS responsibility.

sounds good to me, have to check with OSM

> 4. We have to handle when tiles are not loading, either because there
> are network problems, server busy, etc. We can customize the user's
> feedback regarding the load of the default OpenStreetMap tiles. But we
> definitely need to know formally when they shut our access down. This is
> related with 3.1 issue. If the access is disabled, we can also disable
> adding default OpenStreetMap tiles option.

it makes sense to me

so, Jorge, would you like to help with coding this?

all the best, and thanks.
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