This feature adds MBTiles tiled raster map support to WMS provider so that it uses the same code paths like WMTS or XYZ tiles.
Why move away from GDAL implementation? Here are the advantages of the approach through WMS provider: - correctly scaling tiles on high dpi display - better look when not zoomed to the native resolution of the tiles. WMS provider uses smooth scaling while GDAL uses nearest neighbor by default. - map tile showing up while rendering (with GDAL it's blank map until everything is loaded) - possible to use tile scale slider dock widget - faster - mainly a side effect of loading fewer tiles on high dpi display
This feature was developed by Martin Dobias