It shows my arrival at the airport, the trip to the hotel, the walk to the conference center, lunch at TGI Fridays, and to my astonishment, it even had a picture I took of the standing ovation I received at the end. On Saturday, Octoit reminded me of the seminar I presented to the Anchorage Genealogical Society. On Octoit shows I was in Tokyo enjoying our genealogy cruise. While that is not possible, in a way I now have a digital journal – a day-by-day history of my personal travels. Oh to have an every minute accounting of my ancestors’ movements. With the right intentions, just think how powerful this data is. And good thing I’m an honest, faithful husband because I would not mind a bit if my wife got ahold of my Google Maps Timeline. I am certain Google uses this to target me with relevant advertising. I had no idea!! In the wrong hands, I suppose this data about me could be dangerous. In fact, for the first time right now, I’ve adjusted the dates in the upper left and learned that Google knows my every move dating back to July 2013. The private citizen in me might think that Google knows a little too much about me and where I’ve been. I made it home in time for my staff meeting with eight minutes to spare. It did not catch that I stopped off at the car wash between departing the doctor and arriving home, but it does show the precise route I took. My appointment was for 9:15am, but Google Maps Timeline shows I arrived twenty minutes early and that I left at exactly 10:21. My wife has been telling me to get my hearing checked, and so today, I did. Next, I traveled 20.6 miles, which took 29 minutes, to see Dr. It shows that I was there from 8:17-8:26am. Thankfully, they’ve now sealed the cracks.
Apparently, it took me exactly 16 minutes to go the 9.4 miles to get to the job site where I checked to see if the basement was leaking from last night’s rain. I began at my home at 602 Syringa Place in Caldwell. So far today, I have traveled 42.3 miles. Without any effort on my part, Google Maps created a timeline of my movements. It even guesses the names of the buildings you entered. It displays the exact times that you were on the move. It shows the route that you took to get to the grocery store and back. Google Maps Timeline is a service that tracks where you have been … well … where your phone has been. If you use a smart phone, and have not intentionally turned off the location history settings, my guess is that you, too, will be in for a surprise when you visit for the first time. Then the genealogist in me kicked in and I did not feel so bad. I felt exposed and even a little betrayed. I just found this article that I had written a couple of years ago but hadn't published yet.
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