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Map countries visited from your travel photosYour own geotagged pictures can help build a country map. The result depends on the locations stored in those files; photos without coordinates cannot place a country automatically.Understand and check your Google Maps TimelineTimeline can help revisit recorded trips, but its availability and retention depend on device settings and auto-delete. Check the app on the phone before relying on an export.Protect familiar places in a travel videoA route can reveal where it begins or ends repeatedly. Review the full animation and consider the privacy zone before sharing a video publicly.Count the US states you have visitedStart with the states you remember, then compare the result with geotagged photos or a supported Timeline export. A count is only as complete as the records you review.Find the location stored in your own photoA photo can contain GPS metadata written by the camera. If it has been stripped by editing or sharing, this tool cannot infer a precise location from the pixels alone.Make a travel video from your own routeChoose a supported Timeline JSON export or photos with locations, select the journey, preview it, and create an MP4 in a compatible browser.Make a route video when Timeline is unavailableTrip photos with location and capture time can provide route points. Choose the files locally, inspect which images were skipped and preview the result before exporting.Check the options for missing Timeline historyFirst check the original phone and whether Timeline backup was enabled. Google Maps can import an existing encrypted backup, but an export alone is not a promise that deleted data can be restored.See where your travel photos were takenSelect photos from your device and inspect the ones with GPS metadata on a map. Files without coordinates are skipped; you can export an image of the mapped journey.Build a visited-states map from your picturesPhotos with location metadata can help mark US states you reached. You can adjust the selection manually, then download a PNG map.Check an empty Timeline JSON exportA tiny or apparently empty JSON file may contain no visits for the chosen period. Verify its source, inspect the same dates in Google Maps, then export again if needed.Why Timeline may show only three monthsGoogle Maps can automatically delete Timeline data after three months, eighteen months or thirty-six months. Check the setting on the phone and whether an earlier backup exists.Choose between the Android app and this web toolThe original open-source project provides an Android app. This independent site offers a browser workflow with Timeline or photos; check the supported device and export controls before choosing.Web video maker and original app: how they differBoth approaches start from a personal route. This independently operated website adds photo-based input and other browser tools; the original author maintains the Android app separately.