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Sharing your Location with Friends
1. From the Latitude map screen, tap FRIENDS LIST to
display your Latitude friends. At first, only your name
displays.
2. Tap
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+
3. Tap Select from Contacts or Add via email address.
4. Tap a contact or enter an email address and tap Add
friends.
5. At the Send sharing requests prompt, tap Yes.
Your friend will receive an email or text message with
your location marked on a map. They will also receive
instructions on how to view your location from the web
or use Latitude on their phone or tablet provided it is
available. Once they acknowledge your request, their
location displays on your phone. They can share their
location from their computer, phone, or tablet. For
more information, go to http://www.google.com/latitude.
6. To view the map, tap MAP VIEW.
Latitude Options
From the map display, press
following options:
• Clear Map: allows you to remove all markings and layers from
the map.
• Make available offline: allows you to save a selected area to
the My places folder where you can view it later.
• Settings: the following Latitude options are available:
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Display: allows you to display the Zoom Buttons and Scale Bar
on the screen.
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Offline and Cache: allows you to set options to pre-fetch map
tiles when not using Wi-Fi and to clear the cache that holds the
map tiles.
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Location settings: allows you to manage the settings for your
Background location reporting, Location history, Latitude
location sharing, and Check-ins.
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Labs: this is a testing ground for experimental features that
aren't ready for primetime. They may change, break or
disappear at any time. Click on a Lab to enable or disable it.
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What's New: allows you to see the latest changes in Play Store
and update your app.
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