Hi all, Il 06/06/2018 12:55, Paolo Cavallini ha scritto: > 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.
as far as I can understand, OL plugin is the sole that can be used legally; the others may violate GG licence (caution: IANAL). One alternative to deprecating would be to state clearly advantages (legality) and disadvantages (limitations or bugs) clear in the description and about. All the best. -- Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=IT&q=qgis,arcgis _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list [email protected] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
