[Interest] QML Map & MapQuest

[Alexander Blasche]

Hi,

>Since July 11, 2016 MapQuest disabled direct tile access. So QML Map
>doesn't support MapQuest anymore. So my question when MapQuest support
>will be implemented again?

The fix is detailed in https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-54599

We had to move away from MapQuest. To facilitate quicker changes in the future we added a level of indirection which permits us to redirect OSM based geoservice requests to a new service if the same problem occurs with the new service. This fix will be part of 5.6.2, 5.7.1 & 5.8.0 alpha.

I would like to point out that we discourage the use of the OSM plugin in production code. The same thing can happen again and although we have an additional indirection it is no insurance that we find yet another free map service thereafter. Even if we have a new alternative the maps may likely look completely different and your user experience would change underneath you. 

In summary you may use the OSM in production at your own risk. If this risk is not acceptable then please one of the other existing plugins. They have commercial T&C which implies that you have a business relationship with the provider. This reduces the risk of drastic changes and even if it does change, you get informed about it and can react early.

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Alex