Location Sharing lets you choose who can see your location and for how long.

Note. With the help of some other Google services, you can also share your geodata with people once.

If the user has a Google account

If the user does not have a Google Account

How to stop showing your location

Note. The location transfer will stop when you arrive at your destination.

How to see where the user is

How to request a user's location

If you have already shared your location with another user (or they have shared with you), you can find out where that user is again with Google Kart.

After the user of your choice receives a notification with your address Email, he can:

• see your profile and understand who requested location data from it;
• give you access to your location;
• ignore the request;
• block you (you will no longer be able to request access to that user's location).

How to see the user's location

You can see on Maps where users are located who share their location data with you.

How to hide the user's location

To hide the location of a user on Google Maps, follow these steps:

Note. You can make the location specific user never appeared on your map.

How to see the user's location again

How to deny a request or block a user

If you do not wish to share your location with any Google user Kart, deny or block this user.

• To decline a request, click Not: Location data will not be transmitted.
• To block a user, click block: Your location data will not be shared and this user will no longer be able to request it. They will also no longer be able to communicate with you through other Google services.

To use the service you need to do the following steps:
1. Register on the site
2. Create a group and enter it or join an existing one.
3. Download mobile application for Android
4. Register in the application with credentials from the site.

Starting from version 2.0, you can register and create groups directly from the program. When registering from the program, you will automatically be placed in the test group.

How it works?

When a user launches a mobile application, he sends his coordinates to the site. From now on, all members of his group will see his real location on the map. You can see the user's location from mobile application as well as from the site.

How can I use it?

1. Organization of road trips. You are driving several cars, for example, on the sea. It is difficult to move in a column, and if you go individually, it is easy to get lost. Using this app, you will be able to see who is driving where on your phone. You need to either add gas or vice versa, you can slow down to drink coffee.
2. Organization of meetings in nature. We found a suitable clearing and there is no need to explain to friends on the fingers how to get to it. They will see it on the map.
3. Organization of meetings on the track. This is true for car clubs when the locals have to meet on the track the participants of the "competitions" approaching from afar. Instead of hanging around the track, waiting for the arrival of guests from hour to hour, you can go about your business, looking at the monitor. And when you see that the guests are already close, you go to meet them.
4. Hiking for mushrooms, berries, hunting. It is useful to see how far your comrades have scattered in the forest.
5. Tracking. You can monitor children or any other close relatives. Starting from version 1.7, the program can work in stealth mode and even auto-start when the phone is rebooted.
6. GPS radar / car anti-theft. It is enough to hide the phone with the power connected and installed program in the car and you will always see where it is. The program successfully determines the coordinates even when there is no reception of GPS satellites, the accuracy of course is noticeably lower.
7. Can you think of something else ...

Can I watch others without being seen myself?

Yes. If you watch your friends from the site, then you will see them, but they will not see you.

How can I find out who is watching me?

Go to the site in the "Edit profile" section or in the "My group" program menu, there you will see a list of members of your group - these are those who can see you. Those who have time to see you right now. Those with * may be watching you from the site. To be seen, you must launch the mobile app.

How can I not be seen? I want to make sure I'm not being spied on.

Close the mobile app. The last coordinates you sent will remain on the server. Which will be stored there for a day, at this time you can be in a completely different place.
If you want to disappear from the locator altogether, leave the group. From now on, you will be completely invisible to everyone.
If the group name is left blank, it guarantees your invisibility. Members of the "empty" group do not see each other.

I have no friends. Can I watch at least someone?

Join the group:
Group: test
Password: test
It was made for people like you. Perhaps you will see someone there, well, show yourself if you enter from a mobile device))

Why can't I join multiple groups at once?

Exit one group and enter another, then you can return to the first again. It is not possible to be a member of several groups at the same time. This is done to simplify the logic and transparency of the service.

Why are people on the map marked with different colors? What does it mean?

The color determines how old the coordinates are on the server. The color changes from hot to cold as the coordinates age. Red - coordinates received no more than 5 minutes ago. Black - no new coordinates have been received for more than 12 hours.
In general, the color looks like this:
Red- less than 5 minutes
Pink- 5 - 15 minutes
Orange- 15 - 30 minutes
Yellow- 30 - 60 minutes
Green- 1 - 3 hours
Blue- 3 - 6 hours
Blue- 6 - 12 hours
Black- 12 - 24 hours

What is real name? I don't want to give my real name to anyone.

This is the name that will be displayed on the map. You can call yourself whatever you like, as long as your friends recognize you.

My location is not showing correctly!

1. If you logged in from the site, then you will see the approximate location. You can verify this by the absence of a date and time on your label. This will not mislead anyone, because. only you see the approximate location (and you know where you really are), the rest simply do not see you.
This was done so that when you go to the site you opened your region, and not the Atlantic Ocean)))
There is no other meaning in the approximate location.
2. Your GPS receiver has poor reception, in which case the accuracy may reach several hundred meters.
3. You enter your last coordinates. Notice the time below the name. It may have been several hours since you sent the coordinates for the last time. This could be due to the loss of internet on your mobile device or you have turned off the app.

How to see the location of a friend in a large scale?

In the "My group" menu, if a friend has a time under his name (that is, there are actual coordinates on the server), then clicking on it will open a window where it will appear on a large scale. The "Update" command is also available through the menu.

Can I use your app for online vehicle monitoring?

NO! This is prohibited by the Yandex Maps license. Therefore, the map is updated only manually. The license allows no more than 2500 requests per day. Data from the mobile application is transmitted no more than once a minute.

Are user tracks stored on the server? Can I see my track?

No. Only the latest coordinates are stored on the server. Tracks are not saved, so it is not possible to see them.

Where can I download your mobile application?

Download current version available from the download page.

Can I minimize the application so that it transmits coordinates without being visible on the screen?

Yes it is possible. If the application is minimized with the "Home" button, then it will remain running in the background. If you exit it with the "Back" button, a dialog box will appear asking you to leave the application running in the background or close it. When you exit the application through the menu, background data transfer is disabled.

How to enter the program under a different name?

When you exit the program with the "Back" button, at the next start, automatic registration will occur with the last entered data, the authorization window will not be displayed. If you exit the program through the menu, then the next time you log in, an authorization dialog will be displayed.

Instead of a card, I have the inscription "Authorization error"

You entered the wrong username/password. Exit the program via Menu/Exit. The next time you log in, an authorization dialog will appear, enter the correct data in it.
Since version 1.3 beta, you can also wait for an attempt to transfer the coordinates to the server and turn the phone or click "Update" in the menu.

I registered on the site, downloaded the program, entered it ... And after the phone caught the satellites, I see an empty map.

This is because you have not assigned a group to yourself. Users with an empty group are not displayed on the map. Create a group for yourself, enter it and you will see yourself. If there is someone else in this group, you will see them. To check, you can enter the test group, the password is test.

What is the number under the time of some friends?

This is the distance from you to him in a straight line. Please note that it is usually much further along the roads. Everyone has this number except yourself.

What is "GPS mode" in the program settings?

The program uses an intelligent location service provided by Google services play. This service has 4 modes for determining coordinates, and they are presented in this setting. "Maximum Accuracy" - uses all possible ways to determine the coordinates as quickly and accurately as possible. The price to pay for this is the rapid discharge of the battery. The opposite service, "Maximum Economy", according to Google, determines the coordinates without consuming electricity at all. The rest occupy an intermediate position.

What is "Internet traffic" in the program settings?

This is the traffic saving mode. In the "Maximum accuracy" mode, the coordinates are transmitted to the server once a minute. Although less than 1kb of traffic is spent for one exchange with the server, a lot will come up in a day, especially taking into account the rounding of sessions by providers. The rest of the modes only start transferring coordinates when your coordinates have changed. After all, it makes no sense to constantly transmit coordinates if you are sitting still. "Balanced" transmits coordinates when moving at least 120m.
"City" when moving more than 600m
"Route" when moving more than 3 km. These figures are very approximate.

How to make the program work completely invisible?

Turn off notifications in settings. If desired, you can also enable autoload. Then exit the program, leaving it running in the background. After that, the program will transmit the coordinates without giving itself away. When you turn on autoload, the program will automatically start after the phone is rebooted.

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This article will be useful to those who want to track the location of a person on the map who has a smartphone or tablet on Android. Assembled full set features and applications with which you can monitor a person.

What for?

There can be many options for finding out where a person is, from the banal to find out where the child is now, to where is my husband? This article is not intended to clarify the motive, but only to provide tools with which to perform surveillance on Android.

How it works?

Almost all modern smartphones and android tablets have GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile communications. If GPS is directly related to finding out the exact location, then Wi-Fi and GSM / 3G / LTE can also indirectly indicate your position. Now our task is to force this information to be transmitted to us in order to track a person on the map exactly from a few meters to a couple of kilometers.

Ways to track a person's location on Android

Google offers 3 ways to find out the location on the map, for two of them you need to know someone else's account and password.

Method number 1 from Google. Friends on the map

Method number 2 from Google. Remote control

• You must know the account and password account the person you are trying to track.
• Download the app " Remote control ” or navigate from a computer in a browser to the page “ Remote control "
• Log in with the account of the person you want to track, after which the location of the device on the map will be available to you

Method number 3 from Google. Chronology

You must know the account and password of the account of the person you are trying to track.

Unlike " remote control The chronology method does not show the current location at the current minute, but for that you can track the movement of a person throughout the day, week, month.

• Go to the browser page " Chronology "
• Select the date you are interested in, after which you will be able to move the "object" throughout the specified time

Now consider other applications that allow you to find out the location of a person.

Application WhereMy.Tracker

In order to find out where a person is, you will need to install special application"Where's My Tracker".

The application does not work in "stealth mode" or "spy mode", that is, it notifies the user that you are trying to find out where he is.

The application works for 3 days in trial mode, then 99 r / month. In order for everything to work as it should, you need to install the application on Android, go through registration, use the application “Where are my. Monitor "or web service.

GPS Tracking App Pro

The tracking method is as follows:

1. Install the application
2. Enter your phone number for registration
3. Invite other users, they install the application
4. Add to the list of needed people
5. Follow the move

That's all! On the this moment these are the most popular ways to track a person's position on a map.

To find out the location of a relative, friend or just an acquaintance, it is not at all necessary to pay money for the same Locator (MTS). If the person you are looking for is a user modern smartphone or tablet on Android or iOS (iPhone, iPad), this can be done is free through google maps. The main thing is to get access to location data from it in advance, i.e. get his consent. So, how to find your friends on the Google map?

Android

1. We go to google app+. Then click on the symbol "arrow to down" top right of the display.
2. Click on "Friends on the Map"(bottom of the screen). A map will appear in front of you, where you will see people who have previously given you access (request required) to determine their location.

Attention! On the mapGoogle your own location will also be displayed.

iOS

1. We go to the Google+ application. Then click on the symbol "menu" top left of the display.
2. Click on "Friends on the Map". A map will appear in front of you, where you will see people who have previously given you access (request required) to determine their location.
3. If you click on a user's photo, it will display at the bottom of the screen detailed information about his location.

Additionally

Most Helpful additional functions applications:

• There are arrows at the bottom of the map "to the left" and "to the right". By clicking them, you can switch between locations.
• The shape of the photograph indicates the accuracy of the user's position on the map. A square photo indicates that the location is displayed relatively accurately. Round - the location is limited to the boundaries of the city.
• Users can be combined into groups, indicating the number of their members.
• It is possible to show "circles" of users by "filter" on the menu iOS apps or Android
• You can view location history.

Attention: Previously, Google Latitude was used for the purpose of determining the location, which has now ceased to function.

Advice: get access to the location of relatives in advance, it won't take long. But then you can use this function to search for your children on a walk or relatives during a country trip.

However, do not forget that the included Mobile Internet or WiFi(including from the person you are looking for - for directly searching for a person), plus desirable GPS for accuracy by satellite navigation.

No sooner had we described Nokia's Friend View beta than Google came up with a similar idea. AT new version google maps Maps at number three is the Latitude option. She looks like additional opportunity to a completely familiar set of services: map navigation, mixed map mode (satellite, map), navigation using both the built-in GPS receiver and cellular network. We will not describe the standard options that are known to most of our readers, we will focus only on Latitude.

The service allows you to search for friends at the same latitude as you are. Unlike Friend View, there is no way to maintain your own microblog, this is a tool for determining the location of users and nothing more. In fact, you select from the contact list of your Gmail address book the addresses of the people you want to see on the map. You can also enter your addresses, those who are not present in the contact list. But in any case, to use the service, you need to get an account from Google.

We enter the addresses and then wait for authorization from the user. If he is using Latitude, then he will be prompted for authorization. Each user can set global settings about their location, it will be displayed accurately, it will be displayed roughly or it will be hidden. At the same time, for each friend, you can set the separation of location data separately. For example, indicate only the city where you are located, do not share information at all, or show exact data. In this aspect, the program is the most flexible to date. Very fine settings.

Then you can see where the user from your list is located on the map. The time when he last updated the location information is indicated. You can get a route to a person using both public transport and just a walking route. Actually, this option serves to see friends nearby and be able to get to them. Nice addition to functionality Google Maps which will be in demand by many.

A clear advantage of the program is its cross-platform. Today you can download the third version of the application for S60 devices from m.google.com, later there will be versions in Java and for all other phones. Will this feature be popular? Definitely yes, because it is part of standard cards from Google. The company is increasing the functionality of the cards gradually, step by step. For example, the Street View function appeared a long time ago, but many cities are still not in it. They will be added later. The Latitude service already today allows you to search for friends on the map, not chat with them, as in Nokia Friend View, but only find them on the ground. Which is already a lot. The service is interesting, especially for those who use Google maps all the time.