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Sharing locations

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

How to share locations to others?

  • 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.

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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.

  • 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.

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