[Qgis-developer] Adding default OSM backround maps

[Paolo Cavallini]

Il 22/03/2017 13:51, Tim Sutton ha scritto:
> Hi
> 
>> On 22 Mar 2017, at 2:44 PM, Alexander Bruy <alexander.bruy at gmail.com
>> <mailto:alexander.bruy at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> -1 to load any background map by default. Think about offline users
>> and users with limited internet connections. Loading background map
>> may be not acceptable for them
>>
>> Also why load map? We can just add some default servers to the
>> "Add XYZ layer" dialog like we already have in WMS/WFS dialogs.
>> This will be consistent with other parts of QGIS. Otherwise someone
>> may complain that they want to load not OSM but something else,
>> e.g. data from other OGC service.
>>
>> If we decide to go that way (allow loading background map) this map
>> should be configurable and not limited to XYZ services.
> 
> Well I think we can have the best of both worlds:
> 
> - make a default background map optional
> - let the user choose their own XYZ map in favour of the default OSM XYZ
> we provide

Hi all,
sorry I was unclear: we are not talking of adding a background map by
default (I agree with Alex that this would cause trouble), but to add it
in the Tiled server (XYZ) as a default entry, to make it easy for users
to add it.
Thanks for helping me clarifying.
All the best.

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