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Google Maps Timeline viewer for the web

Google Maps no longer shows your Timeline on a computer. This free Google Timeline viewer opens the Timeline.json exported from your phone and shows your visits and routes day by day, in any desktop or mobile browser — the file is read on your device and never uploaded.

Works with the Timeline export from Android (Timeline.json) or iPhone (Timeline.json or location-history.json), Takeout's Timeline Edits.json and raw-signal exports. How do I export it?

Load the map background from CARTO. Your Timeline never leaves this device.The map images are drawn from map data served by this site itself (OpenStreetMap data packaged by Protomaps; CARTO only as a fallback). The map server only receives which map areas to draw — never your file, your name or your account. Details in the privacy policy.Only map tiles are fetched — CARTO learns which map areas the viewer draws, never your file or coordinates.

Scroll to zoom · drag to pan · click a dot for the visit

What this Timeline viewer shows

Visits

Every place you stopped, as a dot on the map and a row in the list with arrival, departure and how long you stayed. Home and work are marked when Google labelled them.

Routes

The paths Google recorded between visits, drawn on the map with the transport type, distance and duration of each leg. Click a leg to see it on its own.

Calendar

A month grid where darker days carry more records. Click a day, drag across a trip, or take a whole month — the viewer follows.

Stats

Days with data, visits, distance, how you moved and your most visited spots, for whatever days you selected.

How to use the Timeline viewer on a computer

1. Export from your phone

Android: Settings → Location → Location services → Timeline → Export Timeline data. iPhone: Google Maps → your profile picture → Settings → Location & Privacy → Export Timeline data. You get a file called Timeline.json.

2. Open it in the viewer

Send the file to your computer (AirDrop, Drive, email to yourself) or open this page on the phone itself. Click "Open Timeline.json" — the Google Maps Timeline viewer parses the file in your browser.

3. Browse by day

Pick a month, click a day: your visits appear as dots, routes as lines, and the list shows arrival and departure times. Drag across days for a trip; "All days" gives the big picture.

Why there is no Timeline viewer on the Google Maps website anymore

Since 2024 Google keeps Timeline data on your phone instead of in your account. That is better for privacy, but Google's own help page says Timeline is not available for Maps on your computer — the desktop view is gone.

The export file still contains everything: where you stopped, how you moved, and the recorded paths. This Google Maps Timeline viewer puts that back on a map, without giving the data to anyone. Nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and the map background is the only network request — so it also works as a Timeline viewer on a computer, where the Google Maps app cannot run.

Questions

Is this Google Timeline viewer safe? Is my Timeline uploaded?
No, nothing is uploaded. The file is parsed by JavaScript in your browser. The only network requests are the map background tiles (CARTO — it sees which map areas to draw, never your file) and our analytics, which carry no coordinates or dates. Check the Network tab in your browser's developer tools.
Why don't I see place names?
The phone export doesn't include them — a visit is a coordinate, a Google place ID and sometimes a Home / Work hint. Turning that into a name means sending your coordinates to a lookup service, which we won't do. The Google Maps app on your phone still shows names.
Which files work in the viewer?
It is a Timeline.json viewer first: the Timeline export from Android (Timeline.json) or iPhone (Timeline.json or location-history.json). It also reads Google Takeout's Timeline Edits.json and raw-signal exports (shown as movement only). The old Takeout "Semantic Location History" monthly files are not supported — export from the phone instead.
Does the Timeline viewer work on my phone?
Yes — open this page in the phone's browser and pick the exported file. A computer is more comfortable for browsing a whole year, which is what this viewer was built for.
Timeline viewer vs the travel-video tool: what is the difference?
The viewer is for looking: browse days, visits and routes. The video tool on our homepage turns the same file into an animated route video you can share. Use the link below the map to switch — you pick the file again, since nothing is stored.
Why is my Timeline only three months long?
Google auto-deletes Timeline data after 3, 18 or 36 months depending on your setting. Switch auto-delete off on your phone to keep more.

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States Visited Map
Mark the US states you have been to, or generate the map from your photos or Timeline. Free PNG, no watermark.
Photo Map
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