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Sharing your Location with Friends

1. From the Latitude map screen, tap FRIENDS LIST to

display your Latitude friends. At first, only your name is

displayed.

2. Tap .

3. Tap Select from Contacts or Add via email address.

4. Tap a contact or enter an email address and tap Add

friends.

5. At the Send sharing requests prompt, tap Yes.

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 phone. They can share

their location from their computer, phone, or tablet. For

more information, go to

http://www.google.com/latitude

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6. To view the map, tap MAP VIEW.

Latitude Options

Ⅲ From the map display, press

to display the

following options:

• Clear Map: allows you to remove all markings and layers from

the map.

• Search: allows you to search for a place of interest.

• Directions: displays navigation directions to a location from a

starting point.

• Layers: Layers are additional items that you can have

displayed on your map. They include Traffic, Satellite, Terrain,

Transit Lines, Latitude, My Maps, Bicycling, and Wikipedia.

• Settings: displays the Google Mobile Help web page where you

can receive help on Google Maps.

Display: allows you to display the Zoom Buttons and Scale Bar

on the screen.

Cache: allows you to set options to pre-fetch map tiles when

not using WiFi and to clear the cache that holds the map tiles.

Location settings: allows you to manage the settings for your

Background location reporting, Location history, Latitude

location sharing, and Check-ins.

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