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124 3D. GPS Navigation
● 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 device’s battery charge level
and how recently your location has changed. You must have My location sources enabled. To learn
how to enable My location sources, refer to “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 location only to certain individuals.
● Turn off Latitude: Disable Latitude and stop sharing. Your friends cannot see your location. You can
always join Latitude again.
Footprints
Footprints™ provides an easy way to record favorite places and revisit those places. A footprint consists of a
photo you take of a location such as a restaurant or sightseeing destination stored together with a precise
GPS position and other information about that location such as the street address and phone number.
The next time you want to visit the same place, simply access the footprint. You can then dial the phone
number or view the location in Google Maps.
Creating a Footprint
1. Press and tap > Footprints > New Footprint.
2. Point the camera at the scene you want to show the location. Footprints starts to use GPS to search for
your position.
3. Press the trackball to capture the photo.
4. Tap
Done.
Revisiting a Footprint
1. Press and tap > Footprints.
2. At the bottom of the screen, slide your finger to select the Footprint category.
Note
My Location sources options in Settings need to be selected to be able to determine your GPS location. You will
be asked to turn them on if the options are turned off.
Tip
To change brightness and white balance settings before you take a photo, press , tap Brightness or White
Balance
, and then choose a setting.
Note
If your GPS position has not been found yet, you are asked whether to find the position on Google Maps,
continue the GPS search, or stop the GPS search.
You may be asked if you want Footprints to automatically determine the address for the location.
Note
Before pressing Done, you can press , and then tap Edit to change the name, category, or address of the
Footprint, enter the phone and website, and add a voice memo to the Footprint.