Location History Parser (2024)

FAQs

How can I see my full location history? ›

Head to Google Takeout to download your location history data. The Google Takeout page has a list of data that you can choose to export. On the page, deselect all then scroll down and select 'Location History.

You can review and manage your Location History. You can: Review places you've been in Google Maps Timeline. Edit or delete your Location History anytime.

Accessing and Creating the Timeline: To view your timeline, open Google Maps on your computer or mobile device and tap on the three-dotted lines in the upper left corner. The Timeline shows the places you've visited, including the date and time of each visit.

You can compare the location data to known landmarks, such as buildings or roads, to verify its accuracy. Here are some steps to follow: - To see the edits made to your location history, select "Show edits" from the drop-down menu. You will see a list of the changes, with the date, time, old data, and new data.

Important: When you delete Location History information from Timeline, you won't be able to see it again.

A tombstone is a deleted record in a replica of a distributed data store. The tombstone is necessary, as distributed data stores use eventual consistency, where only a subset of nodes where the data is stored must respond before an operation is considered to be successful.

The semantic location history data is found in the Semantic Location History folder and consists of more high-level and processed information compared to the raw location history data found in the records. json file. This data is partitioned by year in different subfolders and by month in different JSON files.

Google gives you two options to download your location history: In Google Maps, you can go into your Timeline and download your location history a day at a time as KML files. Or, in Google Takeout, you can download all of your location history all at once as a ZIP of JSON files, one for each month.

What is a semantic location? ›

Semantic location is an orthogonal form of location representation, in which a place is represented by a URI [2]. Besides a URI, links to a place can have other attributes, perhaps even the physical/geographical location of the place.

In order to view the location data already collected through your Gmail account, navigate over to: maps.google.com/locationhistory – Once you've reached this page, if you aren't already logged in, you'll have to log in to your Gmail account. Then the Google location history page will appear.

To use Timeline, people can turn on Location History, a Google Account setting that creates a personal map of the places they've been and the routes they've taken. If you choose to use Location History, your device's precise locations are saved to a personal map, including when you don't have Google apps open.

Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > System Services, then tap Significant Locations.

All Android users can get benefits from the robust tracking capabilities of 'Find My Device' by Google. By using this app backed by your Gmail account, you can locate your device in real-time on the map and remotely lock it.

Tap System Services at the bottom of the page. Select Significant Locations (called Frequent Locations in some versions of iOS). Scroll to the bottom of the screen to find your location history with names and dates.

To view your iPhone Significant Locations, go to Settings -> Privacy -> Location Services -> System -> Services -> Significant Locations.

Google Map history on your Android can also be recovered through a free method. Use the Google account's backup or built-in function for this purpose. This method is free to use and does not require any third-party tool.

Depending on the location, you can travel back in time, sometimes as far back as 15 years. Keep in mind that your results will vary greatly by location, if available at all.