Android Location History
Sep 24, 2014 | 11:13 am
#16
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: manhattan beach, ca , usa
Programs: UA 1P; SPG Plat;
Posts: 981
https://maps.google.com/locationhistory/b/0
In case you forgot what day and time you went to visit Aunt Matilda....
Good be good
or a very bad thing
In case you forgot what day and time you went to visit Aunt Matilda....
Good be good
or a very bad thing
Sep 24, 2014 | 11:21 am
#17
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2006
Location: SEA or BGR, Lower Earth Orbit
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 17,295
Sep 24, 2014 | 1:27 pm
#19
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: manhattan beach, ca , usa
Programs: UA 1P; SPG Plat;
Posts: 981
tried that, but still get 404. I suspect I'm missing something obvious, but can't figure it out. I can get there on the Chrome browser in my smart phone (android) but that's it.
Sep 24, 2014 | 1:32 pm
#20
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: DAY/CMH
Programs: UA MileagePlus
Posts: 2,474
Sep 24, 2014 | 1:46 pm
#21
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 3,893
If you are not logged in, it will actually ask for your username and password. Here is the link that works on my Firefox browser:
https://maps.google.com/locationhistory/
https://maps.google.com/locationhistory/
....Now I think I'll disable it!
Sep 25, 2014 | 3:37 pm
#23
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bay Area
Programs: DL SM, UA MP.
Posts: 12,724
Well I don't have an Android device but I use Google Maps while logged into my account, so that I can search places on the desktop Google Maps, star some POIs and then access them on my iPhone.
So it tracked everything. I guess if I log into Google Maps on iOS, I can't turn off the logging of the history.
So it tracked everything. I guess if I log into Google Maps on iOS, I can't turn off the logging of the history.
Sep 25, 2014 | 6:04 pm
#24
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Bye Delta
Programs: AA EXP, UA Silver, HH Diamond, IHG Plat, Hyatt Plat, Marriott Titanium, Nat'l EE, Avis PC, Hertz PC
Posts: 16,637
Well I don't have an Android device but I use Google Maps while logged into my account, so that I can search places on the desktop Google Maps, star some POIs and then access them on my iPhone.
So it tracked everything. I guess if I log into Google Maps on iOS, I can't turn off the logging of the history.
So it tracked everything. I guess if I log into Google Maps on iOS, I can't turn off the logging of the history.
Sep 25, 2014 | 7:22 pm
#25
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: RDU
Programs: DL DM+(segs)/MM, UA Ag, Hilton DM, Marriott Ti (life Pt), TSA Opt-out Platinum
Posts: 3,366
Sep 26, 2014 | 4:17 pm
#26
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Programs: UA 1K/MM, Marriott Titanium, IHG Gold, Hertz PC, Avis PC
Posts: 8,531
Even with it off, the various Google location-based stuff still all works fine - it just doesn't keep a history.
Sep 26, 2014 | 6:01 pm
#28
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Programs: UA 1K/MM, Marriott Titanium, IHG Gold, Hertz PC, Avis PC
Posts: 8,531
Turning off history will NOT clear the history they already have - just step it being collected going forward.
But you can also delete the history they already have as a separate step.
Instructions on how to do both should be available by clicking on the settings icon from the URL included above.
Sep 27, 2014 | 6:45 am
#29
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Exclusively OMNI/PR, for Reasons
Posts: 4,186
I don't know whether I should be pleased or worried that it's not entirely accurate. It places me at our vacation home in mid-coast Maine on 9/29/2013 at 8:20pm, then just outside of Providence, RI at 9:32pm the same day . . . 184 miles away as the crow flies.
Last edited by Dodge DeBoulet; Sep 27, 2014 at 6:52 am
