search

reinzor / timeline-exporter

Google maps timeline exporter Chrome extension
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/timeline-exporter/afalbippddliaaomolohcbfogogbjpkk
40 stars 9 forks source link

Feature request: Export processed data #4

Closed reinzor closed 3 years ago

reinzor commented 3 years ago
JohnBigfield commented 3 years ago

Hi Rein, thanks for looking into that.

I'm a self-employed carpenter/handyman working for different customers at different locations in Amsterdam. For 3 years I've been using Google timeline to trace back 1 day at the time where I've been working and for how long. Very time-consuming, so that's why I'm so pleased with your tool. I'm wondering why you wanted to make this tool.

I played with TE a bit more and tried to do an export over a longer period of time, like the year 2018 or 2019. But somehow Google doesn't like hat. It seems like the requests to Google are made while I'm putting the date range in. I got messages from Google which said something about too many requests and wanted to know if I'm a robot (I've seen this behavior mentioned in other posts too). On other occasions, the tool just hangs and I have to start over.

I've tried it like this: Start with the focus on "day" and put in the beginning of the date range I want. Then I switch to "range". The tool fills in the date of today and immediately starts grabbing but locks up prematurely. It might be that that range is too large to grab, but trying to choose an earlier end date results either in a lockup or Google complaining.

Maybe it is possible to make it so that you choose a date range first, max 1 year at a time, without sending requests to Google just jet. Then send that request with an added GO button.

I've managed to export a bit more than a year, 1 Jan 2020 till now, so 1 year at the time should be fine.

I hope this input is useful to you. I think your tool opens up even more possibilities. I'm very happy already though.

reinzor commented 3 years ago

Hi @JohnBigfield , thanks for the detailed usage report. I opened a new issue for the GO button functionality you mentioned.

The main motivation for the tool was the hassle of filling in timesheet based on gmaps timeline data. This allows me to easy create timesheets of the time worked at a specific location or mileage reports.

reinzor commented 3 years ago

Fixed by https://github.com/reinzor/timeline-exporter/commit/b2d8f48c962cbb20099e4303b14229100873b51b

JohnBigfield commented 3 years ago

Hi Rein, that would be nice.

Be aware that it only seems to work well when while putting in a date range, there are no requests going to Google until the GO button is used.

I’ve checked this as a workaround by disconnecting from internet before putting in the required date range minus one day (01 jan - 30 dec), then connect to internet and shift one day up (31 dec). It still takes a while for 1 year data but it works without lockup or errors.

Good luck

John Grootveld

From: Rein Appeldoorn @.> Sent: maandag 12 april 2021 19:17 To: reinzor/timeline-exporter @.> Cc: JohnBigfield @.>; Mention @.> Subject: Re: [reinzor/timeline-exporter] Feature request: Export processed data (#4)

Hi @JohnBigfieldhttps://github.com/JohnBigfield , thanks for the detailed usage report. I opened a new issue for the GO button functionality you mentioned.

The main motivation for the tool was the hassle of filling in timesheet based on gmaps timeline data. This allows me to easy create timesheets of the time worked at a specific location or mileage reports.

— You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/reinzor/timeline-exporter/issues/4#issuecomment-817983963, or unsubscribehttps://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ATTL52QJ2K2QMKFKR5FJJXTTIMTI3ANCNFSM42UKO4ZA.

reinzor commented 3 years ago

Not that this should be configured here:

image

JohnBigfield commented 3 years ago

Ah yes, found it, I didn't expect it to be there. Love it. Works like a charm. Thanks