# Thank you Google maps **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2021, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-google-maps/953881 "2021-11-06T07:54:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-google-maps/953881/1 "2021-11-06T07:54:06Z")
I just got an email telling me how many counties and cities I have been to in the past month and how many places and how many are new, how many miles I have driven and how many hours I have been behind the wheel. Why? And why has this just started? I don’t care, I obviously have a GPS in my car. Not worried about Big Brother (yet, I use the word “yet”), just curious. Do some people need this info? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-google-maps/953881/2 "2021-11-06T07:59:44Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > Do some people need this info? It could be pretty useful establishing an alibi if you’re ever accused of something. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-google-maps/953881/3 "2021-11-06T14:11:55Z")
I’ve gotten this for years. I enjoy reminiscing. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-google-maps/953881/4 "2021-11-06T21:08:03Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I enjoy reminiscing. Thanks for the [earworm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBETVhHpcPk). ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-google-maps/953881/5 "2021-11-06T21:35:33Z")
Google Timeline. It takes me a few minutes to figure out why I went to some of the places shown. ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-google-maps/953881/6 "2021-11-06T21:38:47Z")
I got that same email today. I liked that it showed me the percentage of the earth’s circumference that I’ve traveled. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-google-maps/953881/7 "2021-11-06T21:40:42Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Thanks for the [earworm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBETVhHpcPk). Yes, ‘78 was a good year! 🍻 ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-google-maps/953881/8 "2021-11-07T00:57:21Z")
I’ve gotten them monthly for years. I find it interesting how widely or not I’m traveling. I used to travel enough miles to circumnavigate the globe annually but since covid I’m at like 25% of the way around and some months I don’t even travel 1,000 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-google-maps/953881/9 "2021-11-10T15:49:06Z")
Or checking on a cheating spouse. I wish it would remind me of how uncomfortable some of my travel destinations were. Mostly doctor stuff. It seems that’s all I ever do, these days.