Project: QGIS
Version: 2.18.0
Raster tiles in XYZ format are now natively supported within WMS data providers, allowing users to display basemaps from other sources without requiring third-party plugins like QuickMapServices or OpenLayers anymore.
To add connections to XYZ layers, just open browser dock widget, look for item called "Tile Server (XYZ)" and right click it to get a popup menu with "New connection" action. You will be asked for URL, in which {x}, {y}, {z} will be replaced by the actual tile numbers according to the current map view. For example, to add OpenStreetMap base map, one may use this URL:
http://c.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
The data provider also supports encoding of XYZ tile numbers into "quadkeys" used by Bing. Simply use {q} instead of {x}, {y} and {z} in the URL.
This feature was funded by Lutra Consulting
This feature was developed by Martin Dobias (Lutra Consulting)