Parameters for Custom Online Maps

TLDR: Idea: changeable parameters for Custom Online Maps

• An Example URL with parameters: http://{s}.tiles.mycustommap.org/{background}/{sport}/{theme}/{z}/{x}/{y}.png?v={ts}

These {parameters} are defined within each <provider></provider> entry in providers.xml as a list of possible values. The user can choose a combination of these parameters from the UI in Locus. Example:

• {background}=[satellite, hybrid, terrain, osm]
• {sport} = [hiking, cycle, mtb, winter]
• {theme} = [lightTheme, darkTheme]

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Hello,

I would to propose a feature for Custom Online Maps:

Currently, if you have an online map with many possible combinations of layers, you need to create a new <provider> for each of these combinations. Therefor you can end up with a list of dozens of maps even though only a minor customization detail varies between each map. Your list of Custom Online Maps will be completely cluttered with dozens of entries.

For example: If you have a map where you can have a combination of different background maps (Satellite, Hybrid, Terrain, OSM) for different sports (Hiking, Cycling, MTB, Winter Sports) with two themes (Light, Dark), you end up with 4*4*2=32 possible map combinations. Thus you would need 32 different <provider> entries to cover all of them, completely cluttering your list of custom online maps, e.g.:

http://tiles.mycustommap.org/satellite/hiking/lightTheme/{z}/{x}/{y}.png

http://tiles.mycustommap.org/hybrid/cycling/darkTheme/{z}/{x}/{y}.png

[... (30x) ...]

It would be very useful if you could use a single <provider> with custom parameters in the URL, that you can choose from the UI within the app. The URL would look like that:

• http://tiles.mycustommap.org/{background}/{sport}/{theme}/{z}/{x}/{y}.png

You could define the parameter as an XML list in each <provider> entry. e.g. {background} = [satellite, hybrid, terrain, osm] could be written as:

<parameter id="background" name="Background" defaultvalue="osm">
     <option name="Satellite" value="satellite" />   
     <option name="Hybrid" value="hybrid" />    
      <option name="Terrain" value="terrain" />    
      <option name="OSM" value="osm" />
</parameter>

For example the user choosing the values "Satellite", "Winter Sports", "Dark Theme" would result in the following url:

• http://tiles.mycustommap.org/satellite/winter/darkTheme/{z}/{x}/{y}.png

Therefor a single <provider> map could cover all the possible 32 combinations of this map and you could quickly switch between the map variations.

I would appreciate, if you could consider my idea and I am happy for any feedback as well! Thank you so much for the already great app!

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