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#Location History Mapping Tool

If you have location tracking turned on on your google account, this tool turns data into a nice looking animation.

Bash Dependencies:

jq   

Python3 dependencies:

pandas

R dependencies:

tidyverse
ggplot2
maps
lubridate
anytime

To use:

  1. download your google location history data as a .json archive using takeout.google.com and place the json-files directory.
  2. Rename the downloaded .json file to Location-History_yyyymmdd.json, where yyyymmdd is today's date.
  3. Open RunTool.sh, change the necessary lines.
  4. Run the script RunTool.sh
  5. Open the R file and follow the instructions there.

Credit

Google Timeline Parser to filter the .json archive: https://github.com/javier/google_timeline_parser

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