Google Maps has today announced a new feature to allow you to share your location with others. While that might seem creepy, it's not the first to add this type of functionality. Facebook tells you when a friend is nearby — it even lets you "wave" at them and gives you the option to send a message if they holler back. Foursquare's Swarm lets you check in wherever you are and both Lyft and Uber give you the option of seeing where your friend is if they share their ride location with you.
Now Google Maps will let you tell your friends where you are and give them directions to your location. It will also let you pick a special friend (like a family member, spouse or love interest, for example) to share your location with long-term.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday March 27 2017, @02:00PM
Yes, Google already knows where you are, all the time. The purpose of this is to make you feel good about Google knowing everything there is to know about you.
A couple weeks ago I was on a cruise. I had an internet package. And GPS location worked great. Google Maps could show me a map that I'm in a middle of a blue ocean. I could zoom out and out and out and then see the Florida peninsula and other islands. Best of all, out in the ocean where all you can see is water all the way to the horizon, I would get Android notifications from Google Maps: Light traffic in your area.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.