Fulcra, a leading platform for personal data management and AI integration, is excited to announce the launch of its Google Maps Timeline Importer. This tool enables users to securely migrate and preserve their Google Maps location history before the December 1, 2024, deletion deadline. Using this easy process, users can upload their location data into Fulcra's datastore and tap exciting new functionality that will let them reflect upon and get involved with their past journeys on the Fulcra Timeline. Fulcra Dynamics, founded in 2021, has continued to lead with user-centric data management marked by increased flexibility and insight.
For over a decade, the Google Maps Timeline, formerly known as Google Maps Location History, has given users a way to revisit their travels around the world. It securely saves a user’s location history to the cloud and makes it available on all their devices. Google announced its intention to discontinue this cloud feature in December 2023, opting instead to store location history on users’ devices. As a result, Google Maps Timeline users risk losing access to their detailed location history on December 1, 2024.
“At Fulcra, we’re dedicated to giving individuals ownership over their data and insights into their lives that truly belong to them,” said Michael Tiffany, Fulcra CEO. “By providing a place to securely store and access their historical Google Location data alongside current information from Fulcra’s Context app, we’re ensuring that our users can keep what is rightfully theirs and use it on their terms.”
Google Takeout lets users export their data from Google Maps Timeline and offers an easy upload into the Fulcra Library, where their maps are preserved and remain available beyond the deletion deadline. Further, the integration of location data makes it a resource helpful to gain insight and conduct significant personal analytics. At Fulcra, location history does more than help make improvements to one's daily life with actionable insights in support of data-driven decisions. Individuals can seamlessly integrate that information into health and wellness data, calendar events, and more, all within a secure, private space they control.
Fulcra’s Datastore and Portal Empower Users:
- Places data firmly under Individual Control: Import Google Location data to the Fulcra Timeline to guarantee preservation, independent of Google’s retention policy.
- Collects Data from Old Accounts: Users can merge history from as many Google accounts as they want. Uploading multiple Google Takeout archives is fully supported.
- Enhanced Insights: Individuals can combine Google location history with current, live location data captured through the Fulcra Context app for a comprehensive view of their movements and patterns over time.
- Privacy and Security: The platform is built with user privacy at its core, ensuring data is always protected and accessible to users and those they share it with.
With Google’s timeline changes set to affect millions of users, Fulcra is proud to offer a permanent solution for those who value continuity, privacy, and personal insight.
For more information on Fulcra and to explore this new feature, please visit their website or download Context by Fulcra from the App Store. Individuals can also access Google Timeline Location History download instructions by visiting: https://www.fulcradynamics.com/blog/how-to-preserve-your-google-location-history.
About Fulcra
Fulcra is a pioneer in personal data management and computational insights, transforming data generated from everyday activities into powerful tools for self-awareness, productivity, and well-being. Fulcra’s platform de-silos data from multiple sources and provides users with privacy-first access to their data, making life’s information observable, computable, controllable, and automatable.
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