Hi all,

Does anyone know of any apps that track your location over time and map it so that you can see where you were at a given time? Preferably one that doesn’t upload any of this information to a/the cloud?

I’m a forgetful person and often wonder “what was I don’t last Tuessday?” or “When did I get home?” or “How long was I at X?”. Sometimes I also just want to contribute to things like OpenStreetMaps for less mapped areas (though I know this requires very frequent pings).

I used to use this feature using Google Location History but stopped because I decided I didn’t want to give them any more of my data than necessary.

If anyone plays Legend of Zelda BOTW or TOTK, I’m thinking of it as a sort of personal “Hero’s Path Mode”.

  • ScottAEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I’m running PhoneTrack which has a Nextcloud component. The data can be imported into HomeAssistant and also Prometheus.

    • VanillaGorilla@kbin.social
      1·
      2 years ago

      What do you do with the data in home assistant? By import, do you mean a near synchronous automatic import or something you have to do manually at the end of the day? Do you use it for geo fencing?

      • ScottA
        2·
        2 years ago

        By import I mean “automatic sync”, yes.

        I just use it to “track” myself. You can use it for geofencing, yes. You just attach it to your user and it adds your location to you.

        The main reason I use it over the Home Assistant app’s built-in sensors is that PhoneTrack is able to store your location data if you’re offline (out of cell network range, etc.) whereas the HA app just discards it.