You can select from different sources to get the terrain for your map. I added multiple options because not all are available in every country.
There are 5 options in total, 3 XYZ-Tiles, which will need an active internet connection and 2 offline variants.
Arcgis (standard)
The default option is ESRI satellite imagery published by Arcgis.
![](https://i0.wp.com/earth.motfe.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Terrain_Arcgis.png?resize=950%2C950&ssl=1)
You can also select Google satellite images
![](https://i0.wp.com/earth.motfe.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Terrain_Google.png?resize=950%2C950&ssl=1)
Bing Arial
The third online option is the Bing Arial imagery.
![](https://i0.wp.com/earth.motfe.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Terrain_Bing.png?resize=950%2C950&ssl=1)
Offline Terrain (high resolution)
For this terrain you need the “Custom QGIS offline terrain add-on“. Check out the INSTALLATION page.
This terrain has a accuracy of 250m.
![](https://i0.wp.com/earth.motfe.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Terrain_highRes.png?resize=950%2C950&ssl=1)
Offline Terrain (low resolution)
Another option is the standard offline terrain that is build in the QGIS project. It has a resolution of just 2500m and will always be used on scales smaler then 1:6000.
![](https://i0.wp.com/earth.motfe.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Terrain_lowRes.png?resize=950%2C950&ssl=1)