Basemaps (Plugin for QGIS)

A QGIS plugin that provides easy access to multiple well-known online basemap services, supporting XYZ tiles, WMS, and WMTS services.

Features

• Pre-integrated Popular Basemap Providers: Includes well-known basemaps such as ESRI, Google Maps, Bing Maps, OpenStreetMap, Sentinel-2 Cloudless, and more.

• Wide Compatibility: Fully supports QGIS 3.x and QGIS 4.x versions.

• Multi-language Support: Available in multiple languages including English, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Korean, French, German, Russian, and Arabic.

• Intuitive Management: Easily add, edit, and remove custom basemap services.

• Import/Export Functionality: Share your custom basemap configurations with others easily using the import/export feature (supports ZIP files).

• Asynchronous Loading: Fetches WMS/WMTS capabilities in the background ensuring the UI remains responsive.

Installation

Via QGIS Plugin Manager (Recommended)

1. Open QGIS.
2. Go to Plugins -> Manage and Install Plugins....
3. Select the All tab.
4. Search for Basemaps.
5. Click Install Plugin.

Manual Installation

1. Download the source code.
2. Extract the folder to your QGIS plugins directory:
   • Windows: %APPDATA%\QGIS\QGIS3\profiles\default\python\plugins\
   • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/default/python/plugins/
   • Linux: ~/.local/share/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/default/python/plugins/

Usage

1. Open the Plugin either by:
   • Click the Basemaps icon in the toolbar
   • or go to Plugins -> Basemap Management -> Load Basemaps.
2. Load Basemaps:
   1. Browse and select a provider in XYZ Tiles or WMS/WMTS tab
   2. Select the desired Basemaps or Layers (hold Shift or Ctrl/Command to select multiple), then click Load to add them to your project.
3. Manage Providers:
   • Add: Click the Add button to add a new custom provider.
   • Edit: Right-click on a user-defined provider to edit it.
   • Remove: Click the Remove button to remove it.
   • Duplicated as user provider: Right-click on a default provider, then click Duplicated as user provider to duplicate it as a user provider. Then, you can edit the duplicated provider.
4. Import/Export:
   • Import: Click the Import button to import a custom provider.
   • Export: Click the Export button to export a custom provider.

Screenshots

• XYZ Services:

• WMS Services:

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have any ideas or suggestions, please feel free to:

• open issues
• submit pull requests
• share other basemap services on Discussions