Over the past day, some users have reported that their Google Maps Timeline is missing. As of December, Google Maps has…
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Anyone have a FOSS alternative to this? I want my every move tracked but don’t want it to be by google.
There are a few selfhosted versions of this.
It can be helpful to reference this info, and if it’s only stored on your computer then I don’t see the downside
https://dawarich.app/
That’s nice, nextcloud also has an app that can do something similar, but not sure if it works with something other than .GPX files
Well, that’s “fun” … not.
I specifically backed this up within Google Maps to ensure that I kept this information.
Oh so that explains it. I was able to restore the backup, and while it didn’t do anything the first time, I tried again yesterday and it looks like it worked. I’m still missing some days, but I don’t know if that’s because I actually didn’t go anywhere that day.