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General => Metadata => Topic started by: StarGeek on December 16, 2018, 07:34:01 PM

Title: Geosetter workaround
Post by: StarGeek on December 16, 2018, 07:34:01 PM
RolfW posted a workaround to getting the Geosetter map working again.  It requires downloading the "map_google.html" file from the Geosetter site, changing a setting in Geosetter, and getting a Google Map API key.  The last part is supposed to requires a credit card, though it didn't for me.  Maybe Google already knows my card.

Basically, it puts any cost that Google would charge onto you.  You're supposed to get $200 credit each month, but I don't know how that would translate.

The PDF instructions are attached to this post.  You can find the whole thread here (http://www.geosetter.de/mantis/view.php?id=1970).
Title: Re: Geosetter workaround
Post by: Phil Harvey on December 17, 2018, 07:08:11 AM
Do you think this would work for the ExifToolGUI too?  There have been reports of problems using Google Maps with that.

- Phil
Title: Re: Geosetter workaround
Post by: StarGeek on December 17, 2018, 12:57:46 PM
From what I can tell, Exiftool Gui doesn't rely on an external file for the javascript needed for the interface.
Title: Re: Geosetter workaround
Post by: Phil Harvey on December 17, 2018, 02:40:43 PM
Pity
Title: Re: Geosetter workaround
Post by: nrg710 on January 07, 2021, 02:45:37 AM
Sorry to drag this one up...

I'm trying to get Geosetter working again after a system crash, and it turns out that I didn't back up my maps_google.html file that referenced to my personal API key. It would also appear that the original map_google.html file is no longer available from geosetter.de.

Does anyone have an offline copy that they could share with me?
Title: Re: Geosetter workaround
Post by: StarGeek on January 07, 2021, 10:37:34 AM
The map_google.html file is still there at http://map.geosetter.de/v3/map_google.html You just have to "Show Source" and save.

As it says in the PDF I attached above
   You will see a blank page. Right click it and choose something like "show source code". Select all (Strg+A) and copy it to clip board (Strg+C).

And you can reset your api key at the link in the PDF
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key