Lightroom Classic CC: Map module going to be discontinued?

Thank you for your patience. After additional investigation, it appears this message was appearing by mistake for some Lightroom Classic 7.4 users.  

The issue with the errant warning message should be fixed now.  You may need to relaunch Lightroom to clear it.  If it still appears after a relaunch, you may need to clear Lightroom’s preferences.

I just check and I confirm I get the same message with LR7.4 and Windows 7 when opening the map module. It should have been appeared very recently, since the last time I used the map module with LR 7.4, I didn't get it.

There are already a dozen dicussions in the Elements forum saying the map module no longer works in older versions. Looks like the same issue as the one a few years ago when Google disabled the way the map module was called. It was solved by Google months later. Seems to be back again.
No similar warnings mentioned for Elements. The map module works in the current PSE2018.

I initiated a chat session with Adobe Support, and here's the transcript:

Thor Goodrich: Hi, just have question about Lightroom CC Classic map module...
Kanhaiya: Do you want to know if map module is going to be discontinues or not?
Thor Goodrich: Yes, for Lightroom CC Classic v7.4... This support page only indicates LR 4 and 5: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/map-view-no-longer-supported.html
Kanhaiya: This is for older version. It is working in new version.
Thor Goodrich: Yes, but will it continue to work after November 30, 2018?
Kanhaiya: yes it will. In case we have any new update we will update it on adobe website.
Thor Goodrich: Roger. Thank you for the information.

Well, I'm sorry to be so skeptical, but when someone on the chat session in Adobe support contradicts a new pop-up message that is very clear, it's hard to consider the chat session as authoritative. I would prefer to hear this from an engineer on the Lightroom team. Or at the very least, the chat session person Kanhaiya needs to provide some evidence or authoritative support for his (her?) assertion.

An update for Lightroom 7.x will be release shortly that should affect this issue. 

What does that mean? Will it contain the map module or not?

I suppose we could all speculate and continue this thread indefinitely. And we could demand that Adobe explain more fully. But we all know how Adobe handles these things. Adobe will tell us more when they are ready. As usual, we will have to wait and see.

Thanks Rikk...phew would have been a game changer...

Guys, we need to establish all the facts.  Adobe is discontinuing support for the MAP module in LR 4 and 5.  Why?  Because Google is discontinuing support for the API used in those versions to access Google Maps.  Google created a new API, which is used in LR 6 and 7, and will continue to be supported.

Rikk's message refers to the fact that the error message should not be shown in LR 6 or 7.  Not the same thing as actually discontinuing MAP support.

If you are still on LR 4 or 5, perhaps it's time to upgrade?

The repeated message has indeed disappeared. It does looks like it was a communication error by Adobe. Good outcome. It would be appropriate and helpful if a message of explanation was sent, for a short while to those with LR 6 & 7 who do not subscribe to this communication group.

On adobe.com/go/lightroom-map , at the time of writing this, the right-hand column still says that the information on that page applies to LR Classic CC ( https://forums.adobe.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-10570117-1552776/900-512/p6a9Jr.jpg - the last published date has been updated since this capture was taken, but not the "Classic CC" text)

The rest of the page is more clear now, but since there has already been enough confusion about this matter, I think it would be good to correct this part too, to make it clear it doesn't apply to LR Classic CC.

On a related note, I don't know if an update will finally be necessary or not, but as long as the map Module is being kept, all is good. Thanks.

Someone else having problems with the address lookup? After adding images to the map city, country, etc. informations are not showing up.

So update 7.5 got rid of the warning pop-up. But I'm no longer able to zoom the map with two-finger scrolling on my touch-pad. Pinch zoom doesn't work either. Any change those features will be back? 

The warning popup and 7.5 are unrelated. The warning popup was fixed prior to the release of 7.5. 

There is another thread here regarding zoom issues. Please see: https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/trackpad-multitouch-zooming-in-map-module