HTC Aria manual Viewing your friends’ locations, Connecting with and managing friends

Maps and location 171

Viewing your friends’ locations

You can view your friends’ locations on a map or in a list.

When you open Maps, your friends’ locations are shown. Each friend is represented by their picture (from Contacts) with an arrow pointing to their approximate location. If a friend has chosen to share city-level locations, their picture does not have an arrow and appears in the middle of the city.

To see a friend’s profile and connect, touch the photo. Your friend’s name appears in a balloon. Touch the balloon to open a screen with details about your friend and many connection options.

When you open Latitude you see a list of your Latitude friends, with a summary of their last known locations, status, and so on. Touch a friend in the list to open a screen with details about the friend and many connection options.

Connecting with and managing friends

Tap a friend’s contact details balloon in map view or tap a friend in list view to open the friend’s profile. In the profile screen, you can communicate with your friend and set privacy options.

Show on map

Shows the friend’s location on the map.

Chat using Google Talk

Opens a Google Talk chat window with that friend.

Send email

Opens Gmail/Google Mail with a message addressed to the friend.

Get directions

Gets directions to the friend’s location.

Sharing options

Select from the following:

Best available location. Share your precise location information.

Share only city level location. Share only the city you are in, not the street-level location. Your friend can see your photo icon in the middle of the city you are in. To share more precise location again, tap Best available location.

Hide from this friend. Stop sharing your location with this friend, in a list or on a map.

Remove this friend

Remove the friend from your list and stop sharing locations with him or her altogether.