The invention discloses a method and a device for constructing a semantic position history. The method at least comprises the following steps: expanding a certain region outwards based on coordinates of interest points, so as to form an original interaction region; acquiring a moving track of a user; screening staying points in the original interaction region from the moving track according to a construction condition; and assigning semantic information of the interest points corresponding to the staying points to the staying points on the moving track, so as to obtain the semantic position history. Compared with the prior art, the method has the advantages that the manual operation is omitted, or additional equipment does not need to be mounted, so that the technical problems the manual operation is required, and a large number of manpower and material resources are consumed in the prior art are solved, the time and the labor are saved, and the construction precision is further improved.