[general]
name=Basemaps
qgisMinimumVersion=3.0
qgisMaximumVersion=4.99
description= A QGIS plugin to load multiple online basemap services
version=2.0
author=Chengyan Fan
email=fanchengyan@outlook.com
about=This plugin allows you to load and manage multiple basemap services. There are some popular basemap services built-in, including:

    - *Esri*: Raster (XYZ) and vector tiles (e.g., World Imagery, World Terrain, World StreetMap) along with WMS services, such as World Imagery Wayback (available from February 20, 2014, to present).
    - *Google*: Google Maps, Google Satellite, Google Terrain, Google Satellite Hybrid, etc.
    - *OpenStreetMap*: Open Street Map, Open Topo Map.
    - *EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless*: EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless (2016-2024)
    - *Bing*: Bing Virtual Earth.
    - *MapTiler*: MapTiler XYZ/Vector basemaps (api key required)
    - *NASA*: NASA WMS layers
    - *USGS*: USGS basemaps
    - *OpenRailwayMap*, *F4map* 2D
    - etc.

 If you have additional basemap services to contribute, feel free to submit a pull request or open a discussion in the GitHub repository: https://github.com/Fanchengyan/Basemaps

changelog=*Version 2.0:*
    - New basemap providers: MapTiler, NASA, OpenRailwayMap, USGS, Open Topo Map
    - 12 languages: Arabic, Bangla, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (pt-BR), Russian, Spanish
    - Gallery view with thumbnail previews, colored tag badges, and protocol badges
    - Click any tag badge to edit it directly
    - Search by name and filter by tag category in both Tiles and WMS tabs
    - Vector tile basemaps with custom styles and preset provider setup
    - Async WMS/WMTS capabilities fetching keeps UI responsive
    - Chunked UI rendering prevents freezing on large provider lists
    - Bidirectional text/gallery view mode sync between tabs
    - Token auth with preset providers (MapTiler, Mapbox, Thunderforest, etc.)
    - Configuration format migrated from JSON to YAML

 *Version 1.4:* 
    - Add support for QGIS 4.x

 *Version 1.3:*
    - Fix Qt6 compatibility

 *Version 1.2:* 
    - add: support PyQT6

 *Version 1.1:*
    - Fix bugs: google map cannot be loaded

 *Version 1.0:*
    - Init the project

tags=basemap, map, online map, xyz, wms, wmts, sentinel-2, esri, google maps, bing maps, openstreetmap
homepage=https://github.com/Fanchengyan/Basemaps
repository=https://github.com/Fanchengyan/Basemaps
tracker=https://github.com/Fanchengyan/Basemaps/issues
category=Web
icon=ui/icon.svg

experimental=False
deprecated=False 
