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Alternatives to Google Maps Timeline and location sharing? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 week ago by andrewrgross@slrpnk.net to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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I make regular use of both Google Maps' Timeline feature and Google Maps Location Sharing feature.

Timeline lets me review where I've been, which is useful for tracking when I left for work and when I return in order to log my hours after the fact. Location sharing lets me see where my partner is, and when they're on their way home or to meet me somewhere. Can folks recommend alternatives to both of these? They don't need to be one single system or app.

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[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You can self host reitti, and submit to it via gpslogger on your phone. That's how we have it set up

[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 days ago

Thanks for the recommendations! I'm going to try this out.

[–] danielgraf@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Thanks Ada for spreading the word 🙏 Really appreciate it.

@Andrew, I am the dev of reitti. If you need any information feel free to ask.

[–] Hugh@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

This is very cool. I just started architecting something very similar to reitti but it seems to already cover all the use cases I could think of - let me know if you need any additional help!

[–] snailstone@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago

I am considering to self host https://dawarich.app/

[–] goofsqueak@lemdro.id 3 points 1 week ago

paralino is a good location sharing alternative

its paid yes, but personally i think its worth it

theres other options like self hosting or something like zood, which is free

[–] lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

My partner and I live separately, and we use Colota (F-Droid link) to send location data to our individual self-hosted Home Assistant instances.

Our Home Assistant instances are linked together which lets us share our locations with each other.

This might be a bit much to set up just for location sharing, but if you're using home automation anyway, it's nice to have it all tied together.

[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 days ago

Cool. I'm going to check these out!