Hi Michael, but especially in Germany with all it's vegetation ortho maps are often of no use.
Anyway, when I try one of those WMS maps from the collection on sf.net I usually have to fix the definition first. And most of these servers are slow. WMS is a CPU expensive thing. If you consider the fact that most of our maps are now based on the ATKIS dataset you can get the same information via the ArcGis server or WebAtlasDe. And if you really want to know if there is a trail for sure you use OSM maps in the hope they are not just copied from the official maps. And in my local area I get high resolution ortho maps via TMS server. Usually if you start searching you find alternatives with a better performance than WMS. That said, I just implemented TMS service. This will be part of the next release. And regarding 3D models: Sure sometimes it's fun to see the model. But it's quite a big chunk of code to maintain with very little benefit. As at the end of the day every single bit of code has to be maintained by me, I simply have to reduce that. Take 3D in QLGT. This was donated code by Andrew Vagin. He did a good job, but lost interest at a certain point. When 3D started to fail compilation due to changes in the library I had to take care of it. To take care meant: writing/refacturing the code from scratch. Plus adding features from the wish list of users. The alternative would have been dropping the code. Almost all larger contributions I had to take care of at a certain point. It's much better with the smaller ones. Thus I favor dropping a feature over opening another barrel which I have to drink myself in the end. Right now the time is better invested in implementing important features and writing documentation. Especially documentation is a task everyone could easily take over, but no one is willing to do so. On the other side everybody is demanding a documentation. As my time is limited I have to make priorities. I am spending way too much time on that anyway ;) Oliver Am 15.10.2014 um 22:58 schrieb Michael Heerdegen: > Oliver Eichler <[email protected]> writes: > >> Btw, features I plan to keep _out of_ QMS: >> [...] >> * WMS support. In all the years I did not find a source of WMS maps that >> is really worth the problems this is causing. > I would miss WMS support. In Germany, most states offer high resolution > photo maps via WMS (Landesvermessungsämter). The resolution is only a > few times better than e.g. Google Maps, but when planning hiking tours, > it makes a difference. > >> * 3D: Everyone wants it, hardly no one uses it. > Oh, I use it a lot in combination with satellite maps to get an idea of > how an area "really" looks like for better orientation when I'm there. > In qlandkarte, the usability suffered a bit from the very limited area > that was covered. If the 3D map would be able to display larger areas, > it would IMHO be a useful feature. > > Michael. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho _______________________________________________ Qlandkartegt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qlandkartegt-users
