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email addressed to that friend.
Directions
Get directions to the friend‟s location.
Hide from this
friend
Stop sharing your location with this friend. Your
friend cannot see your photo icon on the map. To
share your location with this friend again, tap
Unhide from this friend.
Share only
city level
location
Share only the city you are in, not the street-level
location. Your friend can see your photo icon in
the middle of the city you are in. To share more
precise location again, tap Best available
location.
Remove
Remove the friend from your list and stop sharing
locations with him or her altogether.
6.5.7 Controlling what you share
To change your public profile
1. In Google Maps, press MENU, tap Latitude, and then tap your contact
details balloon.
2. Set the following options to your preferences.
Options
Description
Show on map
See your location on a map.
Send location
to others
You can select Messaging, Bluetooth, Email,or
Gmail to share you location .
Change your
photo
Change the picture, which is also shared across
other Google products and features.
After you tap Change your photo, you can either
take a picture of yourself with the phone or select
a picture from Albums.
Edit privacy
setting
Manage how your location is shared with all your
friends. Select one of the following options:
Detect your location. Let Latitude automatically
detect and
update your location as you move around. The
update frequency is determined by several factors,
such as your phone‟s battery charge level and
how recently your location has changed.
Note You must have My location sources
enabled. To learn how to enable My location
sources, refer to “Using Google Maps” in this
chapter.
Set your location. Manually select a location on
the map.
Hide your location. Hide your location from all
your friends. They will not be able to see your
location on their maps. You can also hide your