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See your location history dashboard and more with Google Maps 5.3 for Android
April 4, 2011
[Cross-posted from the
Google Mobile Blog
]
Today, we’re happy to announce
Google Maps 5.3 for Android
, which lets you see your Google Location History dashboard, check in at “home,” and add your own aspects for places when rating them.
Location History dashboard
If you’ve
enabled Location History
for
Google Latitude
, you’ve been able to visualize interesting trends in your location history with a
personal dashboard
at
google.com/latitude
on your computer. Now, you can also see your dashboard on your phone by tapping
View location history
from your Latitude profile. You’ll be able to see right on your phone how far you’ve travelled as well as an estimate of how much time you’ve spent at home, at work, or out.
If you haven’t yet, you can enable Location History from your
computer
or from Latitude’s Settings menu on your phone. Location History is 100% opt-in and is private to you and nobody else. You can always delete any of your location history from the
Manage History
tab or correct the estimated work and home locations from the
dashboard
on your computer.
View your location history dashboard from your Latitude profile on your phone and see estimates of where you’ve spent your time.
Check in at home
Now that you can see how much time you spend at “home”, you might want to let friends know when you’re there.
Checking in at places using Latitude
is another way to keep a history of places you’ve been and also lets you share when you’re there. I love letting friends and family know when I’m at a cafe or park, but sometimes I want them to know that I’m relaxing at home or made it back safely from a road trip. So now, I can start checking in at “home” in Latitude:
Check in from Latitude and tap “Home - Tap to set your location” at the bottom of the nearby places list if you don’t have one yet.
Use the estimated current address or enter in your home address yourself.
Once you’ve checked in at home once, “Home” will appear at the top of the list when you’re checking in near there.
Like Latitude and other check-ins, checking in at home is entirely opt-in. Your set “home” location is not searchable and only you can check in there. Just like any other check-in, you can choose with whom to share your home check-ins (along with your name and address info).
Add your own aspects for places
When you’re rating places on the go in Maps using
Google Places with Hotpot
, you could always quickly leave feedback on a specific aspect or characteristic of a place, such as the food or ambiance. Before, we’d automatically include aspects about places that were commonly mentioned in reviews. Now, you can add your own aspects for each place. So if you think a place has a beautiful view or great music, you can add it yourself and quickly share it with the world.
When rating places, you can add your own aspects like “music” for places and leave quick feedback.
To get started, update
Google Maps from Android Market
on devices with Android OS 1.6+ anywhere Google Maps and Latitude are already available.
Posted by Kenneth Leftin, Software Engineer, Google Maps for mobile team
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