Hi Alex

Thanks for looking at this.

> On 20 Jan 2020, at 10:10, Alexander Bruy <alexander.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi devs,
> 
> while checking open issues I have found one about WMS Server Search
> functionality https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/25660.
> 
> It is about Server search tab in the "Add WMS/WMTS layer" dialog. This
> search tab uses configurable catalog URL which by default is set to 
> Sourcepole's
> server. According to Pirmin, this catalog didn't get many updates since years.
> Also we now have a MetaSearch plugin which is our "new" way to search
> for OGC services.
> 
> What we should do with WMS Server Search? In the ticket there are two options
> proposed:
> 
> 1. remove WMS Server Search completely and put a hint suggesting user
> to use MetaSearch plugin
> 2. remove default catalog URL from the QGIS settings and show WMS Server
> Search tab only when user have entered an URL

I prefer option 1,and removing the Server search -  it is a long time ago that 
I looked at it, but IIRC it is not using any OGC standard for the search right?

Regards

Tim

> 
> Thoughts?
> 
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> Alexander Bruy
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