The Qt Company has put together a small slide show of upcoming events at the Qt World Summit 2016 in San Francisco:
http://blog.qt.io/blog/2016/07/15/a-quick-preview-of-what-youll-see-at-…
The QtLocation module relies on some map providers that do not require fees or registration, such as MapQuest. However, it looks like MapQuest has made a change and now does indeed require registration. As a result, QtLocation will fail if using that provider. More details at:
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-54599
Posted by Jon Trulson