Location history

Sandy Writtenhouse Writer With her B.S. in Information Technology, Sandy worked for many years in the IT industry as a Project Manager, Department Manager, and PMO Lead. She learned how technology can enrich both professional and personal lives by using the right tools. And, she has shared those suggestions and how-tos on many websites over time. With thousands of articles under her belt, Sandy strives to help others use technology to their advantage. If you want to create a backup or use a new maps service, you can download your Google Maps data easily. You don’t have to fish through all of your Google account data. Go right to the Create an Export on Google Maps To download your data, head to Near the bottom, select “Your Data in Maps.” On the next screen, scroll down to and select “Download Your Maps Data.” When you’re ready, click “Next Step.” Choose the Destination, Frequency, and File Type You can have your data file delivered to your email or your preferred cloud storage service, including Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, or Box. Choose the destination in the “Delivery Method” drop-down box. For the purposes of this how-to, we’ll receive our file via email. When you have these items set, click “Create Export.” View Your Export Confirmation You’ll then see a confirmation that the export is processing in the Export Progress box. This confirms the number of items you selected to export and offers a “Cancel Export” option if you change your mind. You can also click “...

If you've ever wondered where you were last week, you can check your location history on your iPhone. You can also find detailed information about your location using Google Maps. So consult your iPhone the next time you need to remember where you've been on a map. It's common for a smartphone to track your location, and the iPhone has done so for years. However, you may be unaware that your iPhone keeps a highly detailed log of where you've been on a map, complete with time stamps for when you come and go. Here's how to locate the log and, if desired, delete it. • You have signed in to your Google account. • The "Location History" function is turned on. • "Location Reporting" is enabled. Apple will record your location history if your enable "Frequent Locations" or "Significant Locations" in Setting. You can also delete the location history automatically or manually for your privacy. How to Check iPhone Location History Location services track your movements using GPS, Bluetooth, cell towers, and Wi-Fi hotspots. Viewing the history of apps with tracking permission allows you to see where your device has been. This is useful, especially if you want to know your loved ones' location or remember the exciting place you visited last week. Here are some ways you can find your iPhone location history; Find My iPhone Location History in Setting The easiest way to find your location history is from the Setting of iPhone. Step 1. Navigate to "Settings" on your device. Step 2. Selec...

Intro Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Location information plays an important role in that mission. From driving directions, to making sure your search results include things near you, to showing you when a restaurant is typically busy, location information can make your experiences across Google more relevant and helpful. Location information also helps with some core product functionality, like providing a website in the right language or helping to keep Google’s services secure. The How does Google use location information? How Google uses location information varies, depending on the service or feature being used and people’s device and account settings. Here are some key ways Google may use location information. To make experiences useful Google may use or save location information to provide people with useful services when they interact with Google products, such as providing locally relevant and faster search results, traffic predictions for people’s daily commutes, and suggestions that take into account a person’s context. For example, someone searching for movie times will likely want to see movies at theaters in their neighborhood, not in another city. In Google Maps, location information helps people find their place on a map and navigate to places they’d like to visit. To help people remember places they’ve been People can choose to remember places they go with their devices using Timeline....

Wondering about the places where you were recently? It can be for personal reasons to help you recall the places you visited. Or, if you have to prove someone for legal reasons or otherwise, you can use the past location history of your iPhone to establish your presence at that location. Here are two ways to find your location history on iPhone using Apple’s Significant Locations and Google Maps. We also go over the steps to delete the saved location history and how to turn it off. 3.2) Turn off Google Maps location history or timeline See your location history on iPhone When you As per Here’s how to check your iPhone location history: • Open Settings and tap Privacy. • Tap Location Services. • Scroll to the end and tap System Services. • Tap Significant Locations, and you will see your recent locations where you have visited with date, approximate position on the map, and a few other details. If you had not enabled Significant Locations, you can do it now and check back after a few days. Related: Use Google Maps on iPhone to find your location history You can see the location history in Google Maps only if: • You have the • Permitted Google Maps to always access your location (iPhone Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Google Maps > Always). • Signed in to Google Maps using your Google account • Have enabled Location History (Google Maps > profile picture icon > Your data in Maps > Location History > Turn on). Here’s how to find your location history in Google Maps o...

In real estate, the age old mantra is “location, location, location,” meaning that location drives value. That’s true even when it comes to data collection in the online world, too — your location history is valuable, authentic information. In all likelihood, you’re leaving a breadcrumb trail of location data every day, but there are a few things you can do to clean that up and keep more of your goings-on to yourself. What is location history? When your location is tracked and stored over time, it becomes a body of data called your location history. This is rich personal data that shows when you have been at specific locations, and can include things like frequency and duration of visits and stops along the way. Connecting all of that How is location data used? For some apps, location helps them function better, like navigating with a GPS or following a map. Location history can also be useful for retracing your steps to past places, like finding your way back to that tiny shop in Florence where you picked up beautiful stationery two years ago. On the other hand, marketing companies use location data for marketing and advertising purposes. They can also use location to conduct “geomarketing,” which is targeting you with promotions based on where you are. Near a certain restaurant while you’re out doing errands at midday? You might see an ad for it on your phone just as you’re thinking about lunch. Location can also be used to grant or deny access to certain content. In som...

• On the iPhone, turn location services on, or the phone won't track your location. • View Google Maps history: In the app, tap your profile image> Your data in Maps> See & delete activity. • To view iOS history: Settings> Privacy> Location Services> System Services> Significant Locations. This article explains how to view your location history using data collected by the Google Maps app or data from your iPhone's location services. iPhone instructions cover iOS 12 and later. Activate Location Services for Google Maps Before Google Maps can track your location, Location Service has to be enabled on the iPhone. The Google Maps app doesn't have to be launched on the iPhone to track your location, but it can't work without location services being turned on and activated for Google Maps. You can also view your Google Maps history on a desktop or laptop computer by going to www.google.com/maps/timeline. Apple iOS & iPhone Location History How-To Apple also collects location data if you allow it to, but it provides less historical data and less detail. However, you can see some history. Here's how you set it up on your iPhone: Apple stores a limited number of locations and doesn't provide precise travel tracks and timelines like Google. It provides a place, a date, and an approximate position circle on a non-interactive (you can't pinch-to-zoom it) map. If you don't want Apple to track you, toggle off Significant Locations in your iPhone's Settings app. How Location Services Wor...