User's Guide

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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:

Share best available location:
Share your precise location information.

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, touch
Share best available location
.

Hide from this friend:
Stop sharing your location with this friend, both in list view
and in map view.
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Remove this friend:
Remove the friend from your list and stop sharing locations with
him or her altogether.
Change Location Settings
You have control over how and when you can be found by your friends. Only the last location
sent to Latitude is stored with your Google Account. If you turn off Latitude or are hiding, no
location is stored.
To change your public profile:
1. Touch
Home
> >
Maps
.
2. From the Maps main screen, touch
Maps
on the top left of the screen, and then touch
Latitude
.
3. Touch your own name, and then touch
Location settings
.
– or –
Touch
Menu
>
Location settings
.
4. Set the following options to your preferences.

Location reporting:
Let Latitude detect and update your location as you move. The
update frequency is determined by several factors, such as how recently your
location has changed.