Great, thanks Maning for filing the issue and triggering the merge, I had
done this pull request almost a year ago [0]. To add any extra layer, you
just have to copy paste the code and change the URL. Severin, for Yahoo, it
may just be because the URL has changed since they initially added it. I
will have a look.

[0]
https://github.com/vdeparday/qgis-openlayers-plugin/commit/87d1b5a52068fa5c5d882b18f4af76a3f91643a6

On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 8:39 PM, maning sambale <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Not really solving the problem in this thread, but, FYI, humanitarian
> style is now available directly in QGIS via OpenLayers Plugin [0].
>
> [0] http://hub.qgis.org/issues/11185
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Claire Halleux
> <claire.hall...@hotosm.org> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I do personnally use QGIS for this kind of task and I think it is likely
> to
> > be the most useful and easy place for it, however this request was about
> > making it work using ArcGIS. So, thank you very much for all the
> instructive
> > tips, specially to Brad and Peter!
> >
> > Refreshing the cache within the application solved the issue of the
> > different (not matching) zoom levels.
> > As it seems that nobody hosts the humanitarian style OSM layer yet in a
> way
> > that it could be used, the GIS guys are back using the standard OSM
> basemap
> > for the urgent needs, but your suggestions will soon be tried too.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Claire
> >
> > Claire Halleux
> > Volunteer and Member of the Board
> > +243 99 256 9980 (Kinshasa, DRC)
> > Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
> >
> > http://www.hotosm.org/
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2014_DRC_Ebola_Response
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 5:59 AM, Peter Chin <peter.c...@redcross.ca>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi  Claire,
> >>
> >> I can add OSM layers in my arcgis online account. You'll need to have an
> >> arcgis online account and then login at maps.arcgis.com, then in your
> Arcgis
> >> home page, click on My Content, then click "Create Map", then
> >> in the top left corner click "Add", Add layer from Web, and choose "A
> WMS
> >> OGC Web Service", then enter a valid WMS/Web map service OGC URL.
> >>
> >> There are a few free OSM WMS Servers. One is
> >> http://129.206.228.72/cached/osm?
> >> which is hosted by the folks at osm-wms.de m(Univ. of Hiedleberg).
> When
> >> you've entered http://129.206.228.72/cached/osm? click "Add" and
> you'll get
> >> a basic OSM base map (not the OSM Humanitarian layer) but a basic OSM
> base
> >> map.
> >>
> >> You should be able to find other free WMS OGC servers of OpenStreetMap
> >> base layers at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WMS If you're stuck,
> send
> >> me a private email message and I'll see if I can help some more.
> >> If you want the HOT style basemap, you'll need to request that the WMS
> >> providers add this basemap to their hosting service.
> >>
> >> Best Regards,
> >>
> >>
> >> Peter Chin
> >> Canadian Red Cross Volunteer
> >> E-mail: peter.c...@redcross.ca
> >> www.redcross.ca | www.croixrouge.ca
> >> Canadian Red Cross Shelter Cluster Project:
> >> www.sheltercluster.org/Asia/Philippines/Pages/default.aspx
> >>
> >
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>
>
> --
> cheers,
> maning
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