[QGIS-Developer] Deprecating OpenLayers Plugin? (was: Rectangles-Ovals-Digitizing plugin deprecated)

[Paolo Cavallini]

Hi Nyall, Primin, others:

Il 06/06/2018 11:50, Nyall Dawson ha scritto:

> While we are discussing this - I'd also like to seem the same logic
> applied to the OpenLayers plugin. That plugin has very serious issues,
> more so than the Rectangles/ plugin (since OpenLayers can cause data
> corruption!). Better alternatives exist now (XYZ tiles,
> QuickMapServices plugin).
> 
> I'd be very much in favour of deprecating the OpenLayers plugin and
> marking it with a "install QuickMapServices" instead warning.

I understand your point, and I confirm that a large number of users
complain about this. I'd appreciate, before taking any step, if the
original author would comment on this.
Thanks Pirmin.
All the best.

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