Google Maps has an internal functionality that allows you to track your position, recording it in a register that updates every time you move from one place to another. In addition to an application for smartphones and mobile phones for geolocation, that is the.
In addition to being able to keep the history of the places where you have been, Google Maps also gives you the opportunity to share the location with some people, friends or family and tell them where we are and follow us on the screen of their phone.
In addition, while the sharing features of Google Maps is now quite well known, other Google apps also track movements to improve their functionality and provide surprising
It is therefore worth investigating in which ways to use Google Maps to track location and movements, for ourselves, or to be followed by a friend, for what purposes to take advantage of this free tracking service and when, instead, it would be better to disable it.
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The most useful use of this location history in Google Maps is to keep a logbook .
Since the application records the position of the mobile phone at any time, you can really make an automated travel diary to record the movements and review the stages, including breaks, short stops, unexpected detours and times when you are wrong Street. During a trip by car, you could look at the history of Google Maps to understand which road has been made and perhaps retrace it back to go back.
In addition, the history of Google Maps integrates with other Google services and allows you to see some personal content on the map such as:
Privacy settings allow you to disable personal content. By tapping on the word Web and App Activities under App History, the Google page opens which allows you to completely disable the tracking of locations in Google Maps.
Another way to manage and disable this Google Maps function is by going to the main menu and then to Settings> Maps History . Here you can touch the Choose to delete automatically button in order to have the Google Maps history delete any tracking after three months or eighteen months have passed. The default is to keep the data until it is manually deleted.
The history of Google Maps is also visible (only to us) from the PC on the site //www.google.com/maps/timeline. The dashboard of the Google Maps website, seen from the computer or even from a mobile phone, shows all the history (which is not public and which can never be seen by friends) and other interesting information such as itineraries, places often visited, distances covered the statistics on the kilometers made and trace any movement also useful to remember where you were in a specific day .
Note, then, that the tracking of Google Maps locations does not stop in case the phone is stolen or lost, also becoming a way to find the phone. (although there are other ways to track down the phone as well).
On the other hand, as seen in another article, with this function Google knows all the places where we go recorded by the smartphone.
By pressing the main menu button on the Google Maps app, you can touch Share the position you need to let friends know where we are . You can then choose to send our position to be followed in real time when we move, for a specified time of an hour or more or until deactivation. You can then choose the contacts who can see us move on the map and share the link via Messenger or Whatsapp or even via SMS. Those who receive the link can touch it to open Google Maps and see our face as a placeholder that moves according to where we go. The location is precise and can be useful when you make an appointment with a friend, to meet more easily.
READ ALSO: 20 most useful and hidden Google Maps functions
In addition to being able to keep the history of the places where you have been, Google Maps also gives you the opportunity to share the location with some people, friends or family and tell them where we are and follow us on the screen of their phone.
In addition, while the sharing features of Google Maps is now quite well known, other Google apps also track movements to improve their functionality and provide surprising
It is therefore worth investigating in which ways to use Google Maps to track location and movements, for ourselves, or to be followed by a friend, for what purposes to take advantage of this free tracking service and when, instead, it would be better to disable it.
READ ALSO: Locate and find the geographical position of a mobile phone or PC
Track positions and movements of yourself
By default, the Google Maps app remains running in the background on your smartphone (Android and iPhone is almost the same) and, at all times, without sharing your geographical position with other people, it records all the trips made .The most useful use of this location history in Google Maps is to keep a logbook .
Since the application records the position of the mobile phone at any time, you can really make an automated travel diary to record the movements and review the stages, including breaks, short stops, unexpected detours and times when you are wrong Street. During a trip by car, you could look at the history of Google Maps to understand which road has been made and perhaps retrace it back to go back.
In addition, the history of Google Maps integrates with other Google services and allows you to see some personal content on the map such as:
- Placeholder on the map at the addresses of the contacts registered in the Google address book
- Get directions that follow the usual routes, that is the roads we do frequently.
- Stages of trips recorded as events in the Google Calendar or in the Booking Emails received in Gmail.
- Photos taken from Google Photos where, if geolocation is active, photo albums will also be automatically created for each trip or trip you take.
- Tips on where to go and notifications of leaving reviews
Privacy settings allow you to disable personal content. By tapping on the word Web and App Activities under App History, the Google page opens which allows you to completely disable the tracking of locations in Google Maps.
Another way to manage and disable this Google Maps function is by going to the main menu and then to Settings> Maps History . Here you can touch the Choose to delete automatically button in order to have the Google Maps history delete any tracking after three months or eighteen months have passed. The default is to keep the data until it is manually deleted.
The history of Google Maps is also visible (only to us) from the PC on the site //www.google.com/maps/timeline. The dashboard of the Google Maps website, seen from the computer or even from a mobile phone, shows all the history (which is not public and which can never be seen by friends) and other interesting information such as itineraries, places often visited, distances covered the statistics on the kilometers made and trace any movement also useful to remember where you were in a specific day .
Note, then, that the tracking of Google Maps locations does not stop in case the phone is stolen or lost, also becoming a way to find the phone. (although there are other ways to track down the phone as well).
On the other hand, as seen in another article, with this function Google knows all the places where we go recorded by the smartphone.
Send the location to tell friends where we are
With Google Maps you can use the function of sharing location in real time .By pressing the main menu button on the Google Maps app, you can touch Share the position you need to let friends know where we are . You can then choose to send our position to be followed in real time when we move, for a specified time of an hour or more or until deactivation. You can then choose the contacts who can see us move on the map and share the link via Messenger or Whatsapp or even via SMS. Those who receive the link can touch it to open Google Maps and see our face as a placeholder that moves according to where we go. The location is precise and can be useful when you make an appointment with a friend, to meet more easily.
READ ALSO: 20 most useful and hidden Google Maps functions
