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5.
Tap
Yes
at the
Send sharing requests
prompt.
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 will
display on your tablet. 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, press
➔
See map
.
Latitude Options
ᮣ
From the map display, press to display the following
options:
• Search -
Allows you to search for a place of interest.
• Directions -
Displays navigation directions to a location from a
starting point.
• My Places -
Allows you to see locations you have marked as a
favorite such as restaurants, museums, parks, and so forth. Press
and hold on a location and when the screen displays with the
address, tap the star in the upper-right corner. t will be listed in
your
Starred Places
.
• Clear Map -
Allows you to remove all markings and layers from
the map.
• Latitude -
Allows you and your friends to share locations and
status messages with each other. t also allows you to send
instant messages and emails, make phone calls, and get
directions to your friends’ locations.
•More -
Allows you to select the following additional options:
–
Labs -
This is a testing ground for experimental features that are not
ready for primetime. They may change, break or disappear at any
time. Click on a
Lab
to enable or disable it.
–
Cache Settings -
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.
–
Help -
Displays the Google Mobile Help web page where you can
receive help on Google Maps.
–
Terms, Privacy & Notices -
Displays the Terms and Conditions,
Privacy Policy, o r Legal Notices information. Select the desired
information from the pop-up menu.
–
About -
Displays general information about Google maps such as
Version
,
Platform
,
Locale
,
Total data sent
,
Total data received
,
Free memory
, etc.
Maps
Google Maps allow you to track your current location, view
real-time traffic issues, and view detailed destination directions.
There is also a search tool included to help you locate places of
interest or a specific address. You can view locations on a vector
or aerial map, or you can view locations at the street level.