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author | Liang Qi <liang.qi@qt.io> | 2016-08-02 10:09:58 +0200 |
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committer | Liang Qi <liang.qi@qt.io> | 2016-08-02 10:09:58 +0200 |
commit | d031c0f7b13bb07227210632f66adceef71dc5bb (patch) | |
tree | 1a26163a1929c467c2de002a009364434c918dff /src/location/doc/src/plugins/osm.qdoc | |
parent | 76e3fea9e77713860211c599b2a0aff3a72902c6 (diff) | |
parent | 19642842cea91a4588828362eba023c5da5ab57b (diff) | |
download | qtlocation-d031c0f7b13bb07227210632f66adceef71dc5bb.tar.gz |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/5.7' into dev
Change-Id: I9bfe99e7e619cbf03cda73c3df4f2f51851474ae
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diff --git a/src/location/doc/src/plugins/osm.qdoc b/src/location/doc/src/plugins/osm.qdoc index 2f1b0504..fa75a197 100644 --- a/src/location/doc/src/plugins/osm.qdoc +++ b/src/location/doc/src/plugins/osm.qdoc @@ -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. |