BMW location as address in Home assistant?

[richtj999]

Hi,
This might be obvious but am having issues figuring it out. In home assistant i have home as a location under "Zones" so if the car is home i know. Is there a way of showing an address or map point with the BMW integration? My son borrows my car periodically and i would like to know where it is within HA.

I am guessing if home is set and it knows if the car is home or away then the address is somewhere within HA. I just dont know where to find this function.

Thanks for the help,
Rich

[rikroe]

Shouldn't your car be displayed on the integrated map dashboard?
Otherwise you could add a map card specifically for this.

[sincze]

Something like this.

[rikroe]

If you look a the default map dashboard or create you own dashboard with the map component, you will see an icon with your car.

[richtj999]

Thank you - i did give that a try - i am guessing the default is a view live at the moment. Is there a way to see the history of a vehicles location?

[sincze]

I store historic routes in 'Traccar' but I can try to add it to the recorder.yaml in HA for a similar result.

[rikroe]

First entry for googling "home assistant location history" ;)
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/how-to-configure-the-history-in-map/189206

So when adding a second dashboard with a map component, you can define the amount of hours it should show in the past.