Sharing locations

Proximity alerts allow you to be automatically warned by the application if you go close enough from a location.

• Click on the center of the map icon to display the center screen pop-up menu;
• Click on the “Share…” menu item.

You can also share the location of a displayed waypoint, so its name is also shared:

• Click on the displayed waypoint to display its pop-up menu;
• Click on the waypoint name to display all available actions;
• Click on the “Share…” menu item.

Once you've chosen to share the location, the system will display you a list of installed external applications that can share things to other users, like e-mails, GMail, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

For example, you can choose to share the location by text message (SMS). In this case, select the “Messages” menu item. The Message application will be opened.

The Message application is not the same on all devices, the following steps are only given as an example and may vary on your device.

• Enter the name of the person you want to share the location to , or select him from the contact chooser ;
• Optionally, you can personalize the message to send ;
• Click on the “Send” button.

When personalizing the message to send, be sure to leave the “[GPS …]” part intact to correctly share the location, and the shared name between quotes.