Questions about Kelavi

Questions and answers

What is Kelavi?

Kelavi is a privacy-first service that turns the places and dates in your existing photos into a personal map and timeline of your life. It is not a social network, not a location tracker and not a photo backup service.

How does Kelavi create a map from my photos?

Most photos already contain the coordinates and the date they were taken. Kelavi reads those in your own browser, places each photo on a map, and groups them by time and country into chapters.

Does Kelavi track my location?

No. Kelavi never asks for your live location and has no background tracking. It only reads the location that is already stored inside a photo you choose to add.

Does Kelavi upload all my photos?

No. You choose per photo whether to keep it as a memory. A photo you do not keep is never uploaded — only its coordinates and date are.

What photo information does Kelavi use?

The coordinates and the date stored in the photo, plus its size and sharpness, which are used only to set aside images that would not hold up.

What happens if a photo has no GPS information?

It cannot be placed on the map, and Kelavi says so rather than guessing. Nothing is inferred from a filename, a folder or anything else.

Can I use old photos?

Yes, and that is the point. Scans and older digital photos work as long as they carry a location and a date; the map is meant to span decades, not one holiday.

Can I edit locations?

Not today. A place comes from the photo itself, which is what keeps the map honest. You choose which photos and memories belong to a chapter, and write your own words for it.

Can I share my Kelavi map?

Yes. You can share a private link that you can revoke at any time, or make your map reachable by anyone who has its link. Your map stays private until you choose one of those.

Can a shared map appear in Google?

No. Shared and public maps are excluded from search engines in the page itself and in the response headers, and they are never listed anywhere on the site.

Can I delete my data?

Yes, at any time from your account. Deleting removes your stored photos first, then everything attached to your account.

Can I delete my account?

Yes. It happens immediately rather than after a waiting period, it removes every place, note, share link and preference, and it cannot be undone.

Can I create a physical print?

Yes. Kelavi composes a print-ready poster from your own map, which you download and print yourself. It is a one-time purchase, not a subscription.

Is Kelavi a photo backup service?

No. Kelavi keeps only the memories you choose, and is not a place to store your originals. Keep your own copies.

How is Kelavi different from Apple Photos?

Apple Photos organises your whole library and shows everything you took. Kelavi keeps only what you choose and arranges it by place and period, so the shape of a life becomes visible rather than a list of days.

How is Kelavi different from Google Photos?

Google Photos is a backup and search tool for your entire library. Kelavi is not a backup: it holds a curated set of places and memories, encrypts the precise locations, and has no advertising or profiling attached to it.