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it's disappointing that apparently if there is no connection it just throws the data away. I'd prefer if it saved it locally and uploaded when it can
by tokyodude 8y ago
it's disappointing that apparently if there is no connection it just throws the data away. I'd prefer if it saved it locally and uploaded when it can
- elboru 8y agoUhmm, maybe it depends on the phone? I backpacked Europe 4 years ago without a data plan and I have all my location history logged, it seems like it kept it on my phone while offline and then it uploaded it when connected, I used a Galaxy S5 btw.
- pmontra 8y agoI'd prefer it to be saved locally or sent to a server of mine with some standard protocol (maybe NMEA 0183 over HTTP POSTs) and never to Google. Of course I could write an app for that (and I did some 8 years ago) but it would be much easier if the OS would cooperate. By the way, I disabled location services on my devices to prevent at least this form of spying on me.
- netsharc 8y agoOwnTracks is an app that does that, https://owntracks.org/ https://owntracks.org/ , but I still haven't set up my server to receive the data. It uses MQTT, which is probably fault tolerant/store data locally if it can't connect to the server right now.