Loopt Launches Location History
Loopt has now launched Location History settings — a way for you to download and save your personal Loopt location history into a KML file*. Your personal location history includes both your “check in”/share locations with Loopt, and all the tracking points in between that Loopt has saved in the background. Loopt Location History works on all models of phone supported by Loopt.
Why do this?
Your KML file can be used by Google Earth, for example, to create some cool visual mashups of trips you take, for example. You might want add geo-tagged photos to your mashups. You might want to study your driving routes to find a more efficient commute. You might be interested to see how many miles you travel in a week, a month, a year. You could turn it on at the beginning of a road trip, and off again at the end. Whatever your reason, have fun!
Is it private?
Totally! We don’t specifically share your data with anyone. You can turn on or off Location History at any time. Loopt Location History is turned off by default.
To turn on Location History, do the following:
- Log into your account on Loopt.com here: https://app.loopt.com/loopt/sess/login.aspx. (Or, click Login from the Home page of Loopt at http://www.loopt.com.) You use the same mobile phone number and password that you use to access your Loopt mobile account on your phone.
- Click on Settings in the top right corner.
- Check on the agreement, and click on Save It to start saving your history.
To download your Location History, do the following:
- Go back to settings (see above).
- Click on Download My Location History to save your KML file.
To clear your Location History, do the following:
- Go back to settings (see above).
- Click on Clear My Location History. All traces of your Location History will be removed from the Loopt databases.
* KML – “Keyhole Markup Language.” You can read more about KML here. The KML file specifies a set of features (place marks, images, polygons, 3D models, textual descriptions, etc.) for display in Google Earth, Maps and Mobile, or any other 3D Earth browser (geobrowser) that supports KML encoding. You could, for example, import your KML file into Google Earth. Read more about how to do this here.
