QtLocation map updates

[Dirk Hohndel]

> On Aug 1, 2017, at 5:18 PM, Lubomir I. Ivanov <neolit123 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 2 August 2017 at 03:10, Dirk Hohndel <dirk at hohndel.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Aug 1, 2017, at 5:09 PM, Lubomir I. Ivanov <neolit123 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> probably debugging leftovers.
>>> some of those regex-es in
>>> QGeoTileFetcherGooglemaps::_googleVersionCompleted() are kind of scary
>>> but the mentioned variables are unused like you have pointed out.
>>> 
>>> the important part happens in:
>>> QGeoTileFetcherGooglemaps::_tryCorrectGoogleVersions()
>>> 
>>> e.g.:
>>> QString url = "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?v=3.2&sensor=false";
>>> 
>>> which is fixing the version to 3.2.
>> 
>> Since the project seems to be actively maintained, would it make sense
>> to send them pull requests to clean things up?
>> 
> 
> we could do that, but also, it's a single guy so he might decide to
> abandon the project at any point in time (e.g. tomorrow), so forking
> that repository is imminent IMHO.

We should certainly fork this so we have it available. But in my
experience showing interest in a project, providing pull requests
(and yes, sometimes issues) will increase the likelihood that the
project stays alive.

//D