Right-click Location.agmodel and select Show Package Content.On Mac, the Lua files are directly accessible inside Location.agmodule: On LOCATIONDEBUGPANEL.LUA, right-click and select save bin resource.On AGREVERSEGEOCODESERVICE.LUA, right-click and select save bin resource.On LOCATIONMAPVIEW.LUA, right-click and select save bin resource.Open Location.lrmodule with Resource Hacker.On Windows, use Resource Hacker to extract the Lua resources we need to patch: Otherwise it may still get picked up by Lightroom instead of the patched file. from Location.lrmodule to Location.lrmodule_bak). IMPORTANT NOTE: If you leave the backup copy in the original folder, the file extension must be changed (e.g. The Map module is /Contents/PlugIns/Location.agmodule. For Lightroom 6.14 on Mac, locate /Applications/Adobe Lightroom/Adobe Lightroom.app, right-click and select Show Package Content.For Lightroom 6.14 64-bit on Windows 10, the Map module is the file C:\Program Files\Adobe\Lightroom\Location.lrmodule.The location and the file name may vary with the operating system and version of Lightroom. Make a backup copy of this file and keep it in a safe place. Locate the application files of Lightroom, and look for a file called Location.lrmodule. If Lightroom is still running, close it now. With this configuration, Google will send you an email if you spend more than 10 cents of your own money. We recommend to configure a budget of 1 USD and a first alert at 10%. Budgets will send an email alert when a configured amount is exceeded, whereas quotas will turn off the API. To avoid surprises, you should set budgets or quotas. The monthly free usage credits of Google Cloud should be enough for casual use of the Lightroom Map module. Select the following APIs and click Enable:Īs Lightroom only calls two APIs, restrict the Google Maps API key to the required services to limit the risk of abuse. Go to APIs & Services > Library and filter by Category > Maps. If you don't already have an account on the Google Cloud, this will also include creating the account and entering the billing details. The first section in this guide will take you through the process. You need to create your personal Google Maps API key. Please let us know if you make any progress on these versions by commenting in the open issues.Ī big Thank You! to everyone that contributed with their feedback! 1.
Lightroom 6.14 Windows 7 Enterprise 64bitĬurrently the patch DOES NOT work with Lightroom 5.x ( issue #8) or Lightroom 7.x ( issue #10).Users reported that this also works with: This procedure was developed and tested with Lightroom 6.14 on Windows 10.
We are NOT responsible for any charges on your Google Cloud account. WARRANTY VOID! We are NOT responsible for breaking your Lightroom installation. DO REMOVE/HIDE the Google Maps API key when discussing this process, this includes screenshots and videos!įailing to protect your Google Maps API key may lead to unexpected charges to your Google Cloud account.It contains your personal Google Maps API key! DO NOT SHARE the patched Lightroom module.Mistakes may break your installation of Lightroom! If you don't know what you are doing, ask your designated IT support person for help.
This procedure requires medium to advanced IT skills.
While we need a subscription with Google, that subscription includes 200 USD of free use credits per month, which should be sufficient for casual users of the Lightroom Map module. To achieve this, we will modify Lightroom to use our own Google Maps API key instead of Adobe's. This project resurrects the lost functionality, without subscribing to Lightroom CC. Adobe suggests buying a subscription to Lightroom CC (120 USD/year) or to copy & paste GPS coordinates into your favorite search engine (LOL!). Fixing the Map Module in Lightroom ClassicĪs of December 1, 2018, the Map functionality in non-subscription versions of Lightroom stopped working.