Family location sharing
from I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org to degoogle@lemmy.ml on 21 Mar 2025 01:04
https://beehaw.org/post/19009640

My family has been using the Google Maps location sharing feature for a while. My partner is able to see if I’m running late, I can tell where my sister is when we travel together.

I would like to find a way to continue sharing my location with my family, without sharing it with Google. Are there any apps for this?

#degoogle

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perishthethought@lemm.ee on 21 Mar 2025 01:17 next collapse

This should help:

selfh.st/apps/?tag=Location

(Not my site, I’ve not used these apps, YMMV…)

I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org on 21 Mar 2025 03:19 collapse

Hauk looks perfect, thanks!

BlueEther@no.lastname.nz on 21 Mar 2025 09:04 next collapse

let us know how it works

lopar49@lemm.ee on 23 Apr 08:56 collapse

It hasn’t been updated for ages

Mikelius@lemmy.ml on 21 Mar 2025 06:20 next collapse

If you’re into self hosting, traccar is an option, which also has its own mobile app of course. Not the best thing ever but when it works, it’s nice. Connects to home assistant nicely, too.

passenger@lemm.ee on 21 Mar 2025 09:44 next collapse

I think home assistant + the home assistant app will do this, although i have disabled map etc from HA so I dont have 1st hand experience. You need to self host HA and establish a connection either with nabu casa cloud or a vpn setup (it’s quite easy to set up wireguard on HA)

mugglewue@feddit.org on 21 Mar 2025 16:06 next collapse

paralino.com

A European alternative. I am super satisfied. Encrypted. Compliant with European data protection laws. From Europe (Germany or Austria). And there are plans to publish the app as open source in F-Droid.

Niquarl@lemmy.ml on 21 Mar 2025 20:03 next collapse

Osmand has this

tomtom@friendica.world on 25 Mar 2025 14:33 collapse

@I_am_10_squirrels
it works with #OwnTracks