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If your friends already use Latitude, they will receive an email request and a notification on Latitude.
If they have not yet joined Latitude, they will receive an email request that tells them to sign in to
Latitude with their Google Account.
Accept an Invitation
When you get a sharing request from a friend, you will see a "... new sharing requests" message.
Touch it and you can:
Accept and share back: You can see your friends' locations, and they can see yours.
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Accept, but hide my location: You can see your friends' locations, but they can't see yours.
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Don't accept: No location information is shared between you and your friends.
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You can change how your location is shared with each friend at any time. See Connect with Your
Friends for details.
Show Your Friends
You can show your friends using the map view or the list view.
Map View:
Touch MAP VIEW on the Latitude screen. Google Maps™ shows your friends' locations. Each
friend is represented by a photo icon with an arrow pointing at his or her approximate location. If a
friend has opted to enable city-level sharing, his or her icon will not have an arrow and it appears in
the middle of the city. See Connect with Your Friends for more details.
To see your friend's profile and connect with him or her, touch the photo. This will display your
friend's name, and then touch the balloon right above his or her icon.
List View:
To show a list of your friends, in Google Maps, touch FRIENDS LIST.
To see a friend's profile and connect with him or her, select your friend's name from the list.
Connect with Your Friends
Touch a friend's contact details balloon in map view or touch a friend in list view to open the friend's
profile. In the profile screen, you can communicate with your friend and set privacy options.
Map: Find a friend's location on the map.
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Directions: Get directions to the friend's location.
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Ping for check in: Send this friend a notification asking them to check in.
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Manage sharing: Select from the following:
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