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diff --git a/src/location/doc/src/plugins/osm.qdoc b/src/location/doc/src/plugins/osm.qdoc index 2fd9e7c4..75ac104d 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. |