Today’s mashup is one you can create with your Google location Data. Assuming you have an Android phone and haven’t turned off location tracking, you can download your data then use this free heatmap tool from the folks at Modern Production Concepts Software get get your results.
Of course, you are taking all of that data a private company is keeping on you, and submitting it to yet another company so there’s a lot of trust involved here. I’ll leave the decision making up to you.
That being said, Lifehacker has some pretty good instructions despite not mentioning that the site they link to is for the paid service which hides the link to the free service near the bottom of the page.
And yes, I do feel like I live on a 50 mile stretch of I-80.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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