On the top left, pick a certain year, month, and/or date. Click the box and choose from options like Driving, In a taxi, Walking, or Cycling.Īlong with the options at the bottom for viewing your Timeline, you can choose to see specific dates. For instance, the day may show you were “Moving” between stops. You can also adjust the transportation option you use. Select the three dots to the right of the spot in the trip and click Remove stop from day. Because you see each stop with the method of transportation, you may want to make a change or two.įor example, maybe one of the stops was a rest area that you don’t really need to relive. And on the right, you’ll see the day plotted on the map.Īnother helpful feature is that you can edit the details for a day on your trip. You can then review the details for that day on the left with dates, photos, methods of transport, and more. You can pick a specific day during the trip at the bottom if you like. This is the best part of the Timeline for your travel diary because it automatically groups your trips. Next in line is a box for the trips you’ve taken. This shows you the Google Maps information for the spot, including a photo, type of location, address, hours, and more, depending on the location. Click the three dots and choose Place details.This shows you the date, time, method of transportation, and duration. Click the three dots and choose Last visit in your timeline.Select a location to see it plotted on the map.These display to the right, and you have some options. Click, and you can switch between your Most visited and all Visited spots. On the left, you have several places you’ve visited. If you already had the Location History setting enabled, you should see some details at the bottom of your Timeline. Moving forward, when you capture pictures that you save to Google Photos, those will display with your Timeline trips (below). Check the box for Google Photos and click Save.
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Cool, right? Here’s how to turn on the feature. You can enable the Timeline to show Google Photos related to your locations and trips.
While not an essential piece to your Google Maps Timeline, it is one of the benefits. Now get out there and do some traveling so that your Google Maps Timeline fills up! To disable the feature later, follow the same steps to turn off the toggle.
If you don’t want to keep your location services turned on, you can do it for your next adventure. Either that or you haven’t left the house. So if you don’t see any locations on your Timeline, this is why. Obviously, for Google Maps to capture your trips, you need location services enabled. Then, click the Menu icon on the top left of the Search box and select Your Timeline.Ī new browser tab should open, displaying your Google Maps Timeline. Head over to the Google Maps website and sign in if necessary. Take a trip down memory lane with a built-in travel diary in Google Maps. You can see every place you visited, a restaurant you ate at, the theater you enjoyed, and so much more.
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