Show person on map instead of devices

At the moment I have two tracked devices in my home assistant. Both devices are android devices with the official home assistant app. The device_tracker are both shown on the map.

Now I linked the devices to a person, but the person is not shown on the map. Is it normal, that the person is not shown on the map and just the devices?

I thought that just the people will be displayed and the devices are not shown.

Here you can see the devices on the map:

Here are the settings from one person:

Person

Thank you in advance.

Hey,

I’m actually wondering about the same at the moment.

Someone knows the solution maybe? (Sorry for bringing it up again)

There is currently just a workaround available.
You can read about the workaround in this WTH topic: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/wth-we-see-only-device-trackers-on-the-map-and-not-persons

You can also upvote the idea.

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Simple solution is to not use build in map card :slight_smile:
Just create a new dashboard, set it into panel mode and add just one map card:

type: map
dark_mode: false
default_zoom: 15
entities:
  - entity: person.dorota
  - entity: person.mirek
  - entity: zone.dorota_parents
  - entity: zone.mirek_work
  - entity: zone.home
  - ...
  - entity: device_tracker.audi_q5_position
hours_to_show: 24

Side benefits of this solution; you can show not only person, but also device trackers and zones. Additionally it shows also history of movements, if you want…

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Do you see location history? If I’m showing only my device tracker i see the trace of it, but if i only add one zone that trace disappear

Yes, I do see traces, even with zones added: