Comment 20 for bug 1602035

 Thanks. I understand.

I was hoping for a way to specify a license key for libchamplain to use.

Otherwise I have to write code to replace the functionality of
libchamplain.

regards
Mike

On 04.08.2016 19:36, Jeremy Bicha wrote:

> Mike, I split the libchamplain part of this bug off to bug 1608308. It
> needs to be coordinated upstream since gnome-maps has an agreement with
> Mapbox but I don't think it's been asked yet if that agreement will
> extend to other core GNOME apps, nor has it been decided whether Mapbox
> support will be included in libchamplain if it will be used by multiple
> GNOME apps. Third-party apps will need to make their own agreement with
> Mapbox or another provider.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1602035 [1]
>
> Title:
> Maps app no longer works because MapQuest disabled access
>
> Status in Gnome Maps:
> Fix Released
> Status in Ubuntu GNOME:
> Triaged
> Status in gnome-maps package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Committed
> Status in livecd-rootfs package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in ubuntu-gnome-meta package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in gnome-maps source package in Trusty:
> Triaged
> Status in gnome-maps source package in Wily:
> Won't Fix
> Status in gnome-maps source package in Xenial:
> Fix Committed
> Status in livecd-rootfs source package in Xenial:
> Fix Released
> Status in ubuntu-gnome-meta source package in Xenial:
> Fix Released
> Status in gnome-maps package in Debian:
> Fix Released
> Status in gnome-maps package in Fedora:
> Unknown
>
> Bug description:
> As of today, MapQuest has disabled their free map tile feed. This
> means the Maps app no longer displays anything except a warning
> pointing to
>
> http://devblog.mapquest.com/2016/06/15/modernization-of-mapquest- [2]
> results-in-changes-to-open-tile-access/
>
> Screenshot attached.
>
> [Impact]
> GNOME Maps is included by default in Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 and 16.04. The app currently is useless.
>
> Triaged as "High" because it "prevents the application or any
> dependencies from functioning correctly at all".
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Importance [3]
>
> This also breaks libchamplain (a library for embedding maps into your
> app). Once a fix is released, apps using libchamplain will likely need
> to be patched to use a different map provider.
>
> [Test Case]
> Install gnome-maps. Open the Maps app. Do you see maps?
>
> Note that maps are cached so you may not notice the feed has been
> disabled unless you try viewing a specific area at a close enough zoom
> that you have not viewed recently.
>
> [Regression Potential]
> Upstream changes to switch to Mapbox has potential to break unrelated features.
>
> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel- [4]
> list/2016-July/msg00003.html
>
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[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1602035
[2] http://devblog.mapquest.com/2016/06/15/modernization-of-mapquest-
[3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Importance
[4] https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-
[5] https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-maps/+bug/1602035/+subscriptions