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authorLiang Qi <liang.qi@qt.io>2016-08-02 10:09:58 +0200
committerLiang Qi <liang.qi@qt.io>2016-08-02 10:09:58 +0200
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/5.7' into dev
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@@ -37,12 +37,17 @@
This geo services plugin allows applications to access
\l {http://openstreetmap.org}{Open Street Map} location based services using the Qt Location API.
-Data, imagery and map information provided by \l {http://www.mapquest.com}{MapQuest},
+Data, imagery and map information provided by \l {http://korona.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/}{OpenMapSurfer},
\l {http://www.thunderforest.com/}{ThunderForest}, OpenStreetMap and contributors. The data is
available under the \l {http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl}{Open Database License}.
The Open Street Map geo services plugin can be loaded by using the plugin key "osm".
+\note Since Qt 5.6.2, the available map types offered by this plugin may change without notice depending on the
+actual availability of each provider. To prevent these changes, either a different geo service plugin should be used, or the plugin
+parameter \e osm.mapping.providersrepository.address should be set to a user-specified repository, in order to take full control over
+(and accept \b responsibility for) selecting the provider that is used for each map type.
+
\section1 Parameters
\section2 Optional parameters
@@ -78,7 +83,7 @@ a prefix.
\li The OpenStreetMap plugin retrieves the provider's information from a remote repository. This is done to prevent using hardcoded
servers by default, which may become unavailable. By default this information is fetched from \l {http://maps-redirect.qt.io} {maps-redirect.qt.io}.
Setting this parameter changes the provider repository address to a user-specified one, which must contain the files
- \tt{street}, \tt{satellite}, \tt{cycle}, \tt{transit}, \tt{night-transit}, \tt{terrain} and \tt{hiking}.
+ \tt{street}, \tt{satellite}, \tt{cycle}, \tt{transit}, \tt{night-transit}, \tt{terrain} and \tt{hiking}, each of which must contain valid provider information.
\row
\li osm.mapping.providersrepository.disabled
\li By default, the OpenStreetMap plugin retrieves the provider's information from a remote repository to avoid a loss of service due to unavailability of hardcoded services.