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Ask HN: Is there a better alternative to Google Maps Timeline?

4 pointsby mikeyla85about 2 months ago
I loved Google Maps Timeline, which kept track of every place I&#x27;ve been on a given day. I could look at a day and see my driving, walking, flights, look at a place and see when I last visited it.<p>Unfortunately they moved to an on-device storage for security reasons and it hangs every time I open it. I also just discovered that it might not have transferred my old data from my old phone since it was encrypted on device.<p>Is there a good alternative to this app?<p>I don&#x27;t really mind being tracked like this. The cell phone companies and everyone else are doing it anyways so I might as well get use out of the data.

2 comments

lighttowerabout 2 months ago
Yes. I used to love knowing when I was last at a restaurant. But the UI is so slow now that it&#x27;s a great deterrent to checking
vhodgesabout 2 months ago
Can&#x27;t vouch for it but <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.fabiomanganiello.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;gpstracker-a-self-hosted-alternative-to-google-maps-timeline" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.fabiomanganiello.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;gpstracker-a-self-...</a><p>Discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lobste.rs&#x2F;s&#x2F;bwadph&#x2F;gpstracker_self_hosted_foss_alternative" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lobste.rs&#x2F;s&#x2F;bwadph&#x2F;gpstracker_self_hosted_foss_alter...</a> with some pointers to some alternatives.