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Pideja

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I have Lightroom 6 and of course, the map module does not work anymore. Must I subscribe to Lightroom CC to get to use this module?
 
Some time after Adobe stopped updating LR6, Google changed the map API which broke the map module in LR6. You will need a subscription to the current Lightroom Classic app to get access to the map module


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Or, use a 3rd party mapping program to set the GPS coordinates on images based on either drag and drop or on the use of a track log (GPX file). These programs will also supply location data for country, state/province, city, and sublocation. And many have additional capability which pretty much covers what LR's map module does. Less convenient not being integrated into with the rest of LR but for most purposes as good or better than the LR Map Module.

If you were on Windows you could use Geosetter (Beschreibung - GeoSetter ) - a standalone product, not an LR Plugin - and I presume there are similar programs for Mac's. Many of these programs have been modified to allow the use of "Opentreetview" as the map engine rather than Google Maps to get around Google's change. In face for adding GPS coordiantes to images via a track log (GPX) file, and supplying/modifying location names I prefer Geosetter to the Map Module and run my images through it before importing into LR so they already have than info when they come into LR. Of course you can do it after the fact as well (first save metadata info disk, then use the program to add the GPS and Location data, then read metadata from disk for those images).
 
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