Google Maps rant

[Sharon the Cat]

If tracking each other's position is important on a daily basis I can recommend the Life 360 app.

I've been using this for years principally so that my daughters can keep an eye on me remotely since I travel alone.

There's an annual subscription of about £20.

It's a brilliant app.

I use the Life360 free version, as Phill tends to wander up into the Black Mountains without telling me and the clouds come down so quickly, thank you Jo001.
I didn't know about Google maps tracking, thanks barryd.

 

[barryd]

I use the Life360 free version, as Phill tends to wander up into the Black Mountains without telling me and the clouds come down so quickly, thank you Jo001.
I didn't know about Google maps tracking, thanks barryd.

Yep its pretty useful. I take it Life360 does not track ether without a data connection?

 

[jagmanx]

I need something similar but more accurate to find my wife in local markets or supermarkets !!!

 

[barryd]

I need something similar but more accurate to find my wife in local markets or supermarkets !!!

LOL! You should be ok with Google maps for that. Usually a good signal there. Are you hoping to tell her off if she is spending too much time (and money) in them?

 

[Fisherman]

Another advantage with TomTom Go is when you pay £20 for the year you can install it on as many devices as you want, so I have it on all our phones and tablets

Also the maps available cover most if not all of the planet.

 

[mark61]

Have the tracker off a Lime or Forest bike, they always seem to find their bikes even when chucked in a canal.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

How do you get g maps tracking? I have timeline on.

 

[barryd]

How do you get g maps tracking? I have timeline on.

You both have to have a Google account which presumably you have.

• 
  Open the Google Maps app
  
  
  
  
• Tap your profile picture or initial
  
  
  
  
• Tap Location sharing
  
  
  
  
• Tap New share
  
  
  
  
• Choose how long you want to share your location
  
  
  
  
• Tap the profile of the person you want to share your location with
  
  
  
  
• Tap Send
  
  

Once they have opened up the message your google avatar will show up on maps wherever you are and vice versa if they share with you.

 

[trevskoda]

I need something similar but more accurate to find my wife in local markets or supermarkets !!!

This maybe.

 

[barryd]

This is what I see in Maps if Michelle is online. If she goes off line the little bears face goes all grey. If you click on it though it shows you more details and when and how long ago she was seen at that point if its offline. If its online it moves. She often tracks me when Im out on the bikes. Unless I turn it off of course.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I thought it might be useful to let Liz know where she is, but she never even turns the ringer on let alone g maps.

 

[barryd]

I thought it might be useful to let Liz know where she is, but she never even turns the ringer on let alone g maps.

They dont need to be in google maps to track someone but they do need to have their phone switched on.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Yeah but she's loopy on a good day, she was outside her sisters house a while ago, talking to her daughter on the phone, she came out to the car where I was waiting and asked me to pass her her phone.

 

[barryd]

Yeah but she's loopy on a good day, she was outside her sisters house a while ago, talking to her daughter on the phone, she came out to the car where I was waiting and asked me to pass her her phone.

Just nick her phone and set it up. Then you can track her. That sounds a bit stalkery.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Its a bleedin fruit based thing, i can't be doing with them things. I'd bin every one .

 

[barryd]

Its a bleedin fruit based thing, i can't be doing with them things. I'd bin every one .

Eh? What is? Both our phones are Android.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

So keep up, Liz has a poxy iPhone.

 

[Canalsman]

Yep its pretty useful. I take it Life360 does not track ether without a data connection?

Correct.

 

[Canalsman]

Yep its pretty useful. I take it Life360 does not track ether without a data connection?

It's much more sophisticated than Google's function.

It shows tracking history, how fast someone is moving, alarms can be setup for arrival or departure from a location. It's remarkably versatile.

When the family and I are on holiday we can rendezvous just by tracking our respective positions which is much more useful than it sounds.

 

[barryd]

So keep up, Liz has a poxy iPhone.

Should still work. If she can use google maps on it then it will work. Probably.