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I'm still upset that Google Maps no longer tracks my location. It was very useful to be able to go back and see how often and where I had gone. Is there anoth

I'm still upset that Google Maps no longer tracks my location. It was very useful to be able to go back and see how often and where I had gone. Is there another app where I can store this locally?

bxparks 1y ago
Strava? :-) Half-joking, half-serious, I haven't used Strava in years, I don't remember all its capabilities. Edit: Missed the "locally" part. Sorry no suggestions. Maybe Garmin has something?
- iamacyborg 1y ago
  Nope, Garmin only tracks your location when you record an activity that uses gps, which is good, frankly.
socalgal2 1y ago
Google Maps still tracks my location. The difference is they no longer store the data on their servers, it's stored on your phone (iPhone/Android) https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6258979 https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6258979 That way, they can't respond to requests for that data by governments as they don't have it. I can look on my phone and see all the places I've been today/yesterday, etc
- bigthymer 1y ago
  Is it just me or has the amount of data collected changed? Last I checked, the locally stored data just identifies known business locations that have been visited. In the past, when I clicked a business location in the app, it would show when I last visited. Google maps no longer does this. In the past, I could do a hike and see exactly how long I walked and how fast I went. However, this info is no longer collected to this degree.
sameline 1y ago
Apple Maps added a Visited Places (beta) feature recently.
bapak 1y ago
Arc and its free Arc Mini companion. iOS. Been using it since Facebook eclipsed Moves app. A decade later, it's still not as good as Moves.
serial_dev 1y ago
I heard about dawarich, open source, didn’t have time to try it though or check the details... https://dawarich.app/ https://dawarich.app/
forever_frey 1y ago
Check out Dawarich, it has an official iOS app and you can use a number of 3rd party mobile apps to track your data and then upload it to server: either ran on your own hardware (FOSS self-hosted) or to the Dawarich Cloud one: https://dawarich.app https://dawarich.app Using it on daily basis
saagarjha 1y ago
I use this free and extremely bare bones app made by a friend: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/max-where/id1579123291 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/max-where/id1579123291. It tracks your location constantly, has a basic viewer, and lets you export to CSV. That’s about it but it’s all I need.

I'm still upset that Google Maps no longer tracks my location. It was very useful to be able to go back and see how often and where I had gone. Is there another app where I can store this locally?

bxparks 1y ago

Strava? :-) Half-joking, half-serious, I haven't used Strava in years, I don't remember all its capabilities. Edit: Missed the "locally" part. Sorry no suggestions. Maybe Garmin has something?

iamacyborg 1y ago
Nope, Garmin only tracks your location when you record an activity that uses gps, which is good, frankly.

socalgal2 1y ago

Google Maps still tracks my location. The difference is they no longer store the data on their servers, it's stored on your phone (iPhone/Android) https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6258979 https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6258979 That way, they can't respond to requests for that data by governments as they don't have it. I can look on my phone and see all the places I've been today/yesterday, etc

bigthymer 1y ago
Is it just me or has the amount of data collected changed? Last I checked, the locally stored data just identifies known business locations that have been visited. In the past, when I clicked a business location in the app, it would show when I last visited. Google maps no longer does this. In the past, I could do a hike and see exactly how long I walked and how fast I went. However, this info is no longer collected to this degree.

sameline 1y ago

Apple Maps added a Visited Places (beta) feature recently.

bapak 1y ago

Arc and its free Arc Mini companion. iOS. Been using it since Facebook eclipsed Moves app. A decade later, it's still not as good as Moves.

serial_dev 1y ago

I heard about dawarich, open source, didn’t have time to try it though or check the details... https://dawarich.app/ https://dawarich.app/

forever_frey 1y ago

Check out Dawarich, it has an official iOS app and you can use a number of 3rd party mobile apps to track your data and then upload it to server: either ran on your own hardware (FOSS self-hosted) or to the Dawarich Cloud one: https://dawarich.app https://dawarich.app Using it on daily basis

saagarjha 1y ago

I use this free and extremely bare bones app made by a friend: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/max-where/id1579123291 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/max-where/id1579123291. It tracks your location constantly, has a basic viewer, and lets you export to CSV. That’s about it but it’s all I need.