Find Recent Places your Windows Phone has been to using Motion Data
With the launch of Lumia 630 last year, the company had added a new sensor called Motion Data which allows the device to track the number of steps taken or cycling or running done with the device. This sensor is very useful in case you are using the phone to track your health and fitness. This sensor can work with third party apps and sync the data.
Microsoft also updated the Motion data settings in Windows Phone with more features including detailed display of your motion data. Another option available here is the places you have visited recently (with the device). You can now figure out the recent place you have visited on maps using the Motion data which tracks the GPS location.
To enable this option, go to settings-> Motion Data. This option will be available only if your device supports the motion sensor.
You can see an option to enable places visited. If you have turned on this option, you can see the recently visited places on a map. Just click the Recent Places option and this will populate the place visited in a map and also how you travelled between these location.
This is a useful option in the settings and can be used only if your phone has the sensor. Here are some more details on this feature.
Frequent places
This data is derived from the device’s location services (A-GPS, network or WiFi positioning) and is processed on the phone to determine:
- Frequent places – places that the Motion Data feature estimates to be relevant for you based on your location data. These places are typically locations where you spend frequently more time than 10 minutes. The accuracy of places typically varies from a few meters up to several kilometres.
- Categorisation of places – Motion Data tries to categorise certain places like “home” or “work”. This categorisation is based on the several factors including estimate of your time spent in these frequent places.
Routes
This data is derived from the devices location services (A-GPS, network or Wi-Fi positioning) and is processed on the device to determine travelled routes.
Routes include set of route points that represent the path you have travelled. There are two different modes, Basic and Detailed. The Basic Mode collects the data in larger intervals and the accuracy of the position is not as high in Basic Mode as it is in Detailed Mode.
Without your consent, frequent places and routes data is not shared with third parties.
