[Qgis-user] Free/Open Data Maps list

[Seán Lynch]

Hi,

Feel welcome to use any data from OpenLitterMap.com

Happy mapping!

Seán

On 27 February 2018 at 16:19, Nicolas Cadieux <nicolas.cadieux at archeotec.ca>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The Quickmap plugin is indeed full of data specially if you add the extra
> providers in the plugin settings.  Most importantly, it gives you an idea
> of who is giving what data. After that, you can find the original data
> (much more useful) from the provider.  I do the same thing with wms.  If
> you google ,for example, “wms Canada nrcan”, you will find many links to
> various servers providing wms layers.  After that, you can search for  the
> original data sources from these providers.
>
> It could also help if you specify the region you are working on.
> Cheers!
> Nicolas
>
>
> Le 27 févr. 2018 à 04:51, Albin Blaschka <albin.blaschka@
> standortsanalyse.net> a écrit :
>
> Am 27.02.2018 10:30, schrieb Idan Miara:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for different maps (preferably global maps) to use as a
> background in QGIS
> (Topographic maps, Orthophoto, DTM etc).
> Is there a list/plugin with a collection of free/open data maps that I can
> use?
>
>
>
> For QGIS 2.x there is the Quickmapservices-Plugin for various Background
> maps, as far as I know, it is not yet ported to QGIS 3
>
> As far as DTMs are concerned, there are different websites, where you can
> download such data (ASTER & Co.), a nice compilation is
> http://viewfinderpanoramas.org/
>
>
> HTH,
> Albin
>
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M.Sc. Coastal & Marine Environments (NUIG, 2015)
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