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Ask HN: Is there a way to access historical location data on iPhone/Android?

1 pointsby jordnover 11 years ago
I&#x27;m looking to use the historical location data from the user to better customise the user experience.<p>It seems that this data is captured by Apple and Google but silo&#x27;d off from any other app developers, meaning they have to reinvent the wheel and recapture all this information themselves.<p>Is there a way or a service to access where the user has been? (with their permission...)

3 comments

lutuspover 11 years ago
&gt; I&#x27;m looking to use the historical location data from the user to better customise the user experience.<p>If Apple or Google offered historical location data online to anyone, there would be an incredible, and justified, outcry about violation of privacy. And consider -- if this were public information, people could use it to stalk other people in surreptitious ways.<p>So ... no. Don&#x27;t count on this kind of information being made available the the public.
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jordnover 11 years ago
Closest thing I can find is an app called Moves: <a href="https://apps.moves-app.com/" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;apps.moves-app.com&#x2F;</a><p>Logs location in the background as a pedometer, and other apps can access this data (with permission!) to do other things.
chatmanover 11 years ago
No.