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From: Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org>
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Subject: Looking for software to display and edit the .json files for Google
 Maps Timeline
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:21:11 -0700
Organization: Run For Your Life! ... it's a dance company
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TWO questions, really:

(1) Following Google's information included in Google's notification 
that it is getting rid of Timeline on the Cloud, I downloaded my 
previous Timeline from their Cloud servers to my cellphone (Android 14 
UI 6.1).

I can see the more-or-less accurate timeline.  But editing it is next to 
impossible.

I can answer Yes or No when asked to verify a location.  That's the ONLY 
thing which consistently works.

If I click the appropriate button to either Modify a Time or Add a 
Visit, one of three things happens:

(A) Nothing whatsoever -- clicking the appropriate button does 
absolutely nothing.  The button doesn't even blink or anything to 
indicate that it has been clicked

(B) Clicking the button LOOKS like it's working ... but then nothing 
happens.

(C) I immediately get the ridiculously uninformative message "Something 
Went Wrong."  (I think this is the most frequent.)

And even if the timeline is correct and I don't need to make any 
changes, the phone version does not offer the "Snap to" (roads, 
sidewalks) which the online version used to offer.

Comments?  Your own experiences?  Workarounds?


MORE IMPORTANTLY:

(2) Suggestions for third-party software (Mac OS X) to display and edit 
the Timeline .json files.

HOPEFULLY software which has its own excellent database of roads, 
sidewalks, trails, and transportation lines (bus, train, airline).

Or which at least uses similar maps online

MUST HAVE "Snap to" for the various types of route listed above.


Thanks.


-- 
Dudley Brooks, Artistic Director
Run For Your Life! ... it's a dance company!
San Francisco