When using Custom URLs for tiles, the background type menu refer to it as "Aerial (by ESRI)"

[govvin]

When a custom URL is set as a tile source, the option for selecting a background type still refers to it as "Aerial (by ESRI)". Perhaps we should have a separate entry for default aerial layer, then something else for custom layer?

Not a show-stopper, but a consistent interface for any app is always nice to have. Thanks for the awesome work on SCEE!

How to Reproduce
Add a custom tile layer URL from Settings > SCEE settings > Data Management > Tile source for satellite/aerial images.

Expected Behavior
The menu option will show "custom URL" (or something similar) instead of "Aerial (by ESRI)

Does it happen in normal StreetComplete?
I don't use it, but as far as I can tell this option is only available in SCEE?

Versions affected
v56.0

Screenshot
Background type selection options, showing "Aerial (by ESRI), even if a custom URL has been set.

[Helium314]

It would be nice to have, but certainly is not priority.

Considering that I'm not sure whether (and if so, when) I'll re-implement aerial imagery access after switching to mapLibre (streetcomplete#3123), I will not work on this in forseeable future.

[mnalis]

That particular menu entry is not there, but some things (split way, insert node etc) still use that R.string.background_type_aerial_esri = Aerial (by Esri)

Perhaps just calling it Aerial without further (by Esri) qualifications would suffice for now?

At least if/until we got possibility of multiple background maps (PR #564); when those would need to be reworked anyway

[Helium314]

Calling it "Aerial" might also be incorrect, as we don't know what users do here. I remember someone was using Carto tiles.

So only "correct" thing would be using something like "Custom" if it's not the default raster background.

[mnalis]

Calling it "Aerial" might also be incorrect, as we don't know what users do here

That is true, but I do not feel being extra precise there is of such huge importance in SCEE. Perhaps just calling it "Raster" would suffice in current case (as default "Map" is vector-based)?

[mnalis]

So only "correct" thing would be using something like "Custom" if it's not the default raster background.

If there is really the need to dynamically change the name of the button depending on what background is being selected, then perhaps using (trimming the TLD) domain name as a name of the button would work? e.g. with default raster URL it would be called arcgisonline, and if I change the URL to point somewhere on dgu.hr domain the button would say dgu.

But I don't really see amount of work needed to be done being proportional to the usefulness for current version of SCEE...

It will however make more sense for the effort if #564 (implementing multiple background URLs) gets merged, as then we'd need to distinguish and switch from raster#1 to raster#2.

[andrewharvey]

Strange in my SCEE, under Settings Display there is no Select Background type option, instead under Data Management there is "Tile source for satellite / aerial images". No mention of ESRI. Perhaps this issue is fixed already?

[govvin]

Issue already fixed.

[mnalis]

No mention of ESRI. Perhaps this issue is fixed already?

Note that in some cases (e.g. It's at the slighly different position... other answer), there is still a button named Aerial (by Esri) that allow switching map view while moving the node.