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2. Choose how to add friends:
• Select from Contacts. Select any number of friends from your Contacts.
Friends who already use Latitude have a icon next to their names.
• Add via email address. Enter an email address.
3. Tap Add friends.
4. Tap OK.
If your friends already use Latitude, they receive an email request and a
notification on Latitude. If they have not yet joined Latitude, they receive an
email request that tells them to sign in to Latitude with their Google Account.
6.5.4 Accepting an invitation
When you get a sharing request from a friend, you can:
• Accept and share back. You can see your friend‟s location, and your
friend can see yours.
• Accept, but hide my location. You can see your friend‟s location, but
they can‟t see yours.
• Don’t accept. No location information is shared between you and your
friend.
You can change how your location is shared with each friend at any time.
6.5.5 Showing your friends
You can show your friends using the map view or the list view.
Map view
When you open Google Maps, it 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.
To see your friend‟s profile and connect with him or her, tap the photo. This
will display your friend‟s name, then tap the balloon right above his or her
icon.
To see other friends, tap either one of the arrow buttons next to the balloon.
List view
To show a list of your friends, in Google Maps, press MENU and then tap
Latitude. To see a friend‟s profile and connect with him or her, select your
friend‟s name from the list.
6.5.6 Connecting with your friends
Tap a friend‟s contact details balloon in map view or tap 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.
Options
Description
Show on map
Find a friend‟s location on the map.
Chat using
Google Talk
Send an instant message. Google Talk opens a
chat window with that friend.
Send email
Send an email. Gmail/Google Mail opens an