{"name": "Basemaps", "package_name": "basemaps", "version": "2.1", "experimental": false, "qgis_min": "3.0.0", "qgis_max": "4.99.0", "downloads": 17607, "uploaded_by": "fanchengyan", "upload_datetime": "2026-06-19T00:32:13.550953", "changelog": "- [New] QGIS Browser panel integration \u2014 browse and load basemaps directly from the Browser panel with preview thumbnails\r\n- [New] Double-click any basemap to load directly\r\n- [New] Vector tile style cache \u2014 persistent local cache with ETag-based background refresh for faster offline-capable vector tile loading\r\n- [New] Detail panel: toggleable side panel showing provider and layer metadata (copyright, terms of use, tile source URL, etc.)\r\n- [New] OpenFreeMap provider: 5 vector tile styles (Bright, Dark, Positron, Liberty, Fiordland)\r\n- [New] Bing Maps: expanded from 1 to 8 layers (Aerial, Hybrid, Road, Hillshade, + label variants)\r\n- [New] Esri Vector: added OpenStreetMap v2, World StreetMap Night, Artificial Sky Brightness\r\n- [New] USGS: added Imagery Hybrid and Imagery Plates\r\n- [Improved] HTTP/2 compatible networking \u2014 replaced Python requests with Qt network stack, fixes SSLEOFError on EOX and similar servers\r\n- [Improved] Provider icons rendered as rounded-rectangle containers\r\n- [Improved] Form validation \u2014 required fields marked, OK disabled until valid\r\n- [Improved] Token auth UX \u2014 prompts to edit token directly instead of passive warning\r\n- [Improved] Config preservation \u2014 optional metadata fields kept during save cycles\r\n- [Fixed] Provider icons not displaying correctly\r\n- [Fixed] XYZ basemap icon size mismatch between text and gallery views\r\n- [Updated] Complete translations for 12 new strings across all 11 languages; fixed tag badge translations", "external_deps": null, "download_url": "https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/basemaps/version/2.1/download/"}