Turn exported Google location history into an animated travel video. Choose a trip, customize its route and add your music, then save an MP4 to replay or share. Your files stay in your browser.
Your journey starts here
Import a Timeline JSON file or try the fictional sample to preview your route.
Import Timeline JSON or a saved project with recorded locations. You can also try the sample journey.
Lines connect recorded locations; they do not reconstruct exact roads. Your file stays on this device.
Paris → Marseille
A Google Maps Timeline Visualizer turns dated coordinates into a route you can follow. Compare the 35-point Paris–Marseille sample beside this animated example to see the journey’s order and geographic scale.
{
"semanticSegments": [
{
"startTime": "2025-05-02T09:00:00.000+02:00",
"endTime": "2025-05-02T12:00:00.000+02:00",
"visit": {
"hierarchyLevel": 0,
"probability": 0.9,
"topCandidate": {
"placeId": "fictional",
"semanticType": "UNKNOWN",
"probability": 0.9,
"placeLocation": {
"latLng": "48.8584\u00b0, 2.2945\u00b0"
}
}
}
},
{
"startTime": "2025-05-02T12:00:00.000+02:00",
"endTime": "2025-05-02T13:00:00.000+02:00",
"timelinePath": [
{
"point": "48.8584\u00b0, 2.2945\u00b0",
"time": "2025-05-02T12:00:00.000+02:00"
},
{
"point": "48.8656\u00b0, 2.3212\u00b0",
"time": "2025-05-02T12:30:00.000+02:00"
},
{
"point": "48.8606\u00b0, 2.3376\u00b0",
"time": "2025-05-02T13:00:00.000+02:00"
}
]
}
]
}Use the Google Timeline animator example to follow stops across the map. Open its sample JSON in the tool to explore the same records; connecting lines show recorded locations rather than every road travelled.
Open a supported location export in Timeline Visualizer. The browser reads its dates and coordinates locally, then prepares the recorded journey for preview.
Choose dates, a camera view and video shape. Preview your title, route colors, trail and optional recap before deciding which version to save.
Export an MP4 or PNG from Timeline Visualizer. Save a project too if you want to reopen the journey with its settings and music.
Separate one trip from a longer export using the date filters in Timeline Visualizer. Add a title that identifies the journey. Source-recorded dates keep overnight travel in the period represented by your file.
Open the tool
Timeline Visualizer offers four camera styles and portrait, square or landscape output. Adjust route colors, trail and recap to suit your story. Preview the framing before choosing a format for the screen where you plan to watch.
Open the tool
Add a local soundtrack in Timeline Visualizer to give the route a rhythm. The MP4 includes the track, and saved projects retain it. Choose audio you have permission to share, then preview it with a suitable video length.
Open the tool
Download a Timeline Visualizer project to keep the full imported journey, editing choices and music together. Reopen it for another edit. Optional browser storage helps you resume on the same device; the downloaded project gives you a portable copy.
Open the toolTurn a file of location samples into a story you can watch. Control the period, presentation and output while keeping the original export available for checking details or making another edit.
Timeline Visualizer parses files and renders videos in your browser. Your location history stays on your device throughout editing and export.
Recorded dates and UTC offsets guide filtering and labels. Opening the export in another timezone does not shift recorded arrivals into another day.
Timeline Visualizer offers MP4 for movement over time and PNG for one overview. Choose the output that suits a travel recap, message or presentation.
Timeline Visualizer starts with an offline atlas. Enable street maps with consent when more detail helps; their requests reveal the geographic areas being viewed.
After a multi-city trip, open its export in Timeline Visualizer and select departure-to-return dates. Pair the moving route with travel notes or photos in a presentation so viewers can follow how the places connect.
Yes. Import Timeline JSON, preview your route, then save an MP4, PNG or project file without signing up. Try a sample first if you want to explore the controls before using your own history.
Timeline Visualizer accepts supported device exports, semantic Google Takeout records and raw location records with E7 coordinates. Choose the JSON containing your history. The file limit is 50 MiB and 100,000 points; compatibility depends on the records inside.
JSON, projects and music are processed in your browser without uploading those files. The offline atlas needs no street-map requests. Enabling OpenFreeMap detail sends requests for the geographic areas you display, so choose that option with its privacy implications in mind.
Import JSON, choose dates and preview the map styling. This Google Maps timelapse generator animates existing records rather than recording new locations or accessing your Google account. Save the MP4 when the preview represents the trip you want to share.
Dates follow source records and UTC offsets. A different device timezone does not move an arrival into another day. Raw epoch timestamps use UTC. Check your chosen period when an overnight trip crosses a date boundary.
Choose 480p, 720p or 1080p at 24 or 30 frames per second, in portrait, square or landscape. The permitted duration depends on the format and music, keeping MP4 output within 64 MiB. Follow the displayed maximum or choose automatic duration.
Add an MP3, M4A or WAV file up to 20 MiB and ten minutes long. Timeline Visualizer includes the music in MP4s and saved projects. Choose a track you have permission to share.
Timeline Visualizer removes points near journey endpoints from visible results and data exports. Connecting lines may still cross hidden areas. Projects and optional browser copies retain all imported points, including hidden locations, so they are not anonymized. Review the route and title before sharing.
Timeline Visualizer connects samples from your export. Sparse records can produce long lines between distant points; they do not establish the exact streets travelled. Check uncertain locations in the history viewer before choosing the period for your video.
Open an export or try a sample in Timeline Visualizer. Choose a period, preview the moving route and save a travel video to share.
Create your travel video