Why can't they just do it like the indexer and work on it like hyperlinks? Blue for not seen and purple for where you've been. Done.
And then not google.
someone should make PR in CoMaps or OwnTracks for this feature
this is just the Waze map editor
your editable region is just around streets you've been on
Fog of World has existed for a long time
Does that work without gsf/google maps?
like i need to tell google more about me
you can request your data from Google (not sure if there's an api), and use that data to make you own map
Location data is one of the things that you can export through Google takeout , I believe — though I'm not sure what format that would come in.
I don't imagine it would be too hard for a dedicated nerd who is procrastinating other work to write a thing to parse that data and view it in a map based on something more open, like Openstreetmaps.
Doesn’t need to be made by Google. It could be self hosted. Be the change you want to see in the world 😉
it IS self-hosted. Look up Dawarich.
You should have to fill it in by climbing a big tower
Alain Robert way ahead of us all on that one!
I would absolutely love that. Fuck fast travel, let me explore!
same,
would be nice to see where you have exploded,
wonder if google has an API to get that info from your location history and make a web app that shows you how much you've explored
Dawarich is self-hosted, foss, and lets you track your location history and import from Google or a GPX file, and also you can use the OwnTracks app and connect to it to automatically sync.
OK, let me get this correct. The idea is to make the map not show places you have not been, the map that one uses to tell you how to get to places you have not yet been?
Am I missing something here, do people use google maps to go to place they have been already? Why?
I think maps can be used for other stuff than just navigating. You're quite right that this would be useless for actually navigating (which is probably the main purpose of using a map or other navigation software), but it could be a fun concept for looking back on things.
I don't use Google stuff as much nowadays, so they might have gotten rid of it (knowing Google, I wouldn't be surprised), but I remember that one of the sections within the Google maps app was a "Timeline" section. I used that section a few times to check whether I actually went to a particular appointment that was scheduled a month or so prior, or to check which restaurant I ate at when I was last in [city]. I also found it fun to look at the overview of things, like being able to see the pins corresponding to the silly road trip I took with friends a few years ago. It's nice to look back every now and then.
traffic conditions
Had that (for OpenStreetMap) on my long list of project ideas, including quests you could take to some random monuments. Maybe one day.
Combine that with Street Complete and you have a game
There is an app of fdroid and google play called street complete. Its basically quests to fill in local missing data on openstreet map
You have reminded me that StreetComplete exists. I used to use it a while back, but for the last few years, I lived in an area that was already pretty thoroughly mapped. However, I would wager that where I live now is more sparsely documented; I've only recently moved here, and StreetComplete could be a nice way to become more settled.
A map that only knows my home PC, work PC, and the 2 routes in-between?
What else would you need it for?
I already know the 2 routes.
Does this exist as Open Source with OSM instead of Google?
Kind of terrifying since I use maps pretty much exclusively for places I haven't been to yet, so I'm not totally unfamiliar when I go there
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