[Qgis-user] Install Quick Map Services Plugin in Ubuntu 18.04

[J. M]

Hi Matthias,

Thanks a lot! I figured that out from another tutorial shortly afterwards,
sorry! I didn't realise you could install plugins from within QGIS; I
assumed I had to download, install and dpkg them or something!

Cheers!
Jimi.

On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 8:01 PM Matthias Kuhn <matthias at opengis.ch> wrote:

> Hi Jimi,
>
> You need to install the plugin from within QGIS. No need to directly
> download it from anywhere yourself.
>
> See
> https://docs.qgis.org/3.4/en/docs/training_manual/qgis_plugins/fetching_plugins.html
>
> Does that help?
>
> Cheers
>
> Matthias
> On 9/27/19 7:54 PM, J. M wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I was following a tutorial on QGIS.org (
> https://docs.qgis.org/3.4/en/docs/training_manual/qgis_plugins/plugin_examples.html
> )
> and I can't get past step 2. I followed the link and downloaded QMS, but I
> can't for the life of me get it to install. I moved it from Downloads into
> usr/bin and then extracted it to create a folder. The 'readme' files might
> as well be written in Mandarin (of which I'm not a speaker..).
>
> Could anyone please help me with how to install the plugin?
>
> Cheers,
> Jimi.
>
> 10.2.1. [image: basic] Follow Along: The QuickMapServices Plugin
>
> The QuickMapServices plugin is a simple and easy to use plugin that adds
> base maps to your QGIS project. It has many different options and settings,
> let’s start to explore some of its features.
>
>    1.
>
>    Start a new map and add the roads layer from the training_data
>     Geopackage.
>    2.
>
>    Install the *QuickMapServices* plugin.
>    3.
>
>    Open the plugin’s search tab by clicking on Web ‣ QuickMapServices ‣
>    Search QMS. This option of the plugin allows you to filter the
>    available base maps by the current extent of the map canvas.
>    4.
>
>    Click on the Filter by extent and you should see one service available.
>    5.
>
>    Click on the Add button next to the map to load it.
>    6.
>
>    The base map will be loaded and you will have a satellite background
>    for the map.
>
>
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