[Qgis-user] QuickMapServices plugin question

2019-07-12 Thread Tony Shepherd (FarmMaps NZ)
Hi All This isn't really a question, but a curiosity. I've been using Google Satellite among other services from the Quick Map Services plugin. Its awesome and very useful to have different sources of imagery etc to use in addition to existing ortho photos that I have access to. My question,

Re: [Qgis-user] QuickMapServices plugin question

2019-07-12 Thread Tobias Wendorff
I am not aware of a plug-in. There have been some hacks in the past to access the cache of Google Earth. But remember: all this hacking and tweaking without using the official Google API is against rules and even against law in many countries. Sure, you still can export Google Earth imagery at

Re: [Qgis-user] QuickMapServices plugin question

2019-07-12 Thread Nicolas Cadieux
Hi, Sorry I can really respond because I simply don’t know what services are used by the very useful Quickmap plugin. There does seem to be some licences issues at play as pointed out by others. I imagine that the google map API is being used because the google earth API no longer exists. I

Re: [Qgis-user] QuickMapServices plugin question

2019-07-12 Thread Bernd Vogelgesang
Am 12.07.19 um 09:54 schrieb Tony Shepherd (FarmMaps NZ): Hi All This isn’t really a question, but a curiosity.  I've been using Google Satellite among other services from the Quick Map Services plugin.  Its awesome and very useful to have different sources of imagery etc to use in addition to