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<body><div>+1 for deprecating.</div><div>I think the "popularity" of OpenLayers only derives from the fact that it was the only plugin available serving basemaps for a long time and that it is mentioned all around the web in tutorials etc.</div><div>Most of my collegues with less experience frequently step into the traps and digitize stuff only to find later that the result is shifted or the map is not printable.</div><div><br></div><div>I skipped it already a long time ago and tried to compensate it by finding other sources like WMS etc which is not so easy over here in Germany (especially since the built-in WMS Server Search results are completely outdated for a long time).</div><div><br></div><div>Since the QuickMapServices plugin is there, I always recommend that.</div><div>If this plugin would become the "successor" of OpenLayers, it would be nice to know why those most popular sources like Bing etc are "hidden" in the contributed services. Legal issues?</div><div><br></div><div>I already proposed to the developers to rename their plugin to "Basemaps", cause thats what it is actually about and which is a lot easier to understand and memorize.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Bernd</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Am 31.12.2015, 07:17 Uhr, schrieb Paolo Cavallini <cavallini@faunalia.it>:<br></div><br><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0.80ex; border-left: #0000FF 2px solid; padding-left: 1ex">Deprecating it makes sense to me, unless authors plan to fix the long standing issues.<br>
Thanks for raising this.<br>
All the best.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Il 31 dicembre 2015 06:47:08 CET, h <hdixon@bigpond.net.au> ha scritto:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:42:27 -0500<br>Randal Hale <rjhale@northrivergeographic.com> wrote:<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> As a non-developer if I can chip in my .02 cents worth - I think <br> deprecating it might be a good thing. To me it was always a plugin<br> that received a lot of applause - but the one that would cause the<br> most questions ("why can't I use this imagery in map composer").<br> While I liked having access to google/bing imagery - it always made<br> me more uncomfortable having it there because of the terms of service.<br> <br> I didn't know that QuickMapServices was a plugin - and after looking<br> at it I think most people will have a problem because there is no <br> google/bing imagery in that one. In the US I have enough choices for <br> imagery - and that might not be the case everywhere else. I'm unsure<br>
how up to date MapQuest Aerial is - but better than nothing.<br> <br></blockquote><br>I got caught on that one.<br>In QuickMapServices>Settings there is a "Contributed Services" tile.<br>Select "Get Contributed Services" and a whole lot of stuff, including<br>Bing and Google are provided.<br><br>To me QMS makes "Open layers" obsolete - but it needs a bit more<br>documentation on how to get Bing etc!!!<br><br>On principle I am against retirement, but am not aware of a strong<br>argument against it for Open Layers. (Something I have used and valued<br>for quite some time..)<br>H<br><br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> Possibly add a pop-up/warning on the open layers plugin since it is <br> popular - "We are in the process of deprecating this plugin".<br> <br> Other than that - +1 for retirement.<br> <br> Randy<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> On 12/30/2015 09:42 PM, Nyall Dawson wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;"> On 31 December 2015 at 13:29, Joshua Quesenberry<br> <engnfrc@gmail.com> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"> If the plugin is deprecated, what is replacing it? I find the<br> plugin to be very useful.<br></blockquote> QuickMapServices. It's got numerous improvements over OpenLayers,<br> including reprojection support and not breaking the map composer.<br><br> Nyall<br><br><br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Qgis-developer<br> [mailto:qgis-developer-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tom<br> Chadwin Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 5:46 PM To:<br>
qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer]<br> Future of OpenLayers plugin - time to deprecate?<br><br> I think deprecation and removal would be good, but for a<br> tangential reason: the name conflicts with OpenLayers the web<br> mapping library. A trivial reason at best, but probably irritating<br> to many, and potentially confusing to users.<br><br><br><br> --<br> View this message in context:<br> <a href="http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Future-of-OpenLayers-plugin-time-to-deprecate-tp5243358p5243372.html">http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Future-of-OpenLayers-plugin-time-to-deprecate-tp5243358p5243372.html</a><br> Sent from the Quantum GIS - Developer mailing list archive at<br> <a href="http://Nabble.com">Nabble.com</a>.<hr><br> Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org<br> List info: <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer</a><br> Unsubscribe: <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer</a><br><br><hr><br> Qgis-developer mailing list<br> Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org<br> List info: <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer</a><br> Unsubscribe: <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer</a><br></blockquote><hr><br> Qgis-developer mailing list<br> Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org<br> List info: <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer</a><br> Unsubscribe: <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer</a><br></blockquote> <br></blockquote><br><hr><br>Qgis-developer mailing list<br>Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org<br>List info: <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer</a><br>Unsubscribe: <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer</a></pre></blockquote></div><br>
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