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by codingdave 133 days ago
Can people add old trips to their map? Otherwise, this is more of a "where I took my phone since installing this app", not a full journal of lifetime travel. I'd also recommend offering a native or web app, so people who have collected photos over the years can upload them from a variety of devices, not just their phone.

I know that would conflict with your idea of a trip being "genuine", but that honestly seems like a silly feature to me. I'd love a journal/photo album organized by location and time, but having some app act as an authority to whether or not I'm lying about my travel? That simply doesn't seem important.

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Thanks for your feedback Dave. Yeah this is definitely something I have been comtemplating whether it should be like genuine or a record free for anyone to add their old trips. I'll have a think about this and maybe we will still allow user to add their old trips but just in a different structure/format. Thanks for your feedback!
And like the travelling garden gnome, it shows where your phone has been. Good idea though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_gnome

Ah, yes, a former co-worker was one of the guys who stole a gnome for some travel and made national news with it in the 90s. Amusing anecdotes, to be sure.