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Originally Posted by vi_ View Post
I am trying to add my own map source to modrana. Microsoft/bing (boo!) maps offer UKOS maps. These are some of the nicest maps available for the UK. I was able to add them to marble with this server string:
Code:
 <downloadUrl protocol="http" host="ecn.t1.tiles.virtualearth.net" path="/tiles/r{quadIndex}.png" query="g=41&amp;productSet=mmOS" />
In the above example, the 'query="g=41&amp;productSet=mmOS"' is where the magic happens. This is appended to the end of the URL and makes the server return UKOS map tiles instead of virtual earth tiles.

I do not see how to add this parameter to the modrana map config file URL.

Any help?
That would be very nice, but even more so offline as when I use OS it tends to be in poor signal areas. The thing is, Bing license the maps from the OS and probably pay a hefty fee, as well as having to restrict their use. I did try and see if it was possible to download the tiles offline, but I messed up the url and got ve tiles. I might try again at some point, but am not optimistic.

As for online, can't help there, unfortunately, but watching Bing maps when using them, they do have multiple servers that they seem to round-robin access - ecn.t0...ecn.t1....ecn.t2...ecn.t3....ecn.t4...
 

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