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--- manual:user_guide:functions:share [2022/05/10 08:52] – mstupka
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-This feature offers several ways of sharing your immediate location or other content in one place:
+This feature offers several ways of sharing your current location or other content in one place:
-{{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share.png?nolink |}}
+{{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share.jpg?nolink |}}
 ===== My location =====
 ==== My current location ====
-The quickest way how to tell your friends where you are at the moment.  Locus calls your favorite messaging app and sends a short message with your position.
+The quickest way how to tell your friends where you are at the moment.  Locus Map offers a selection of your favorite messaging apps through which you can send a short message with a URL showing your **location on [[https://web.locusmap.app|Locus Map Web]]**:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share12.jpg |}}
- ==== My LIVE location ====
+==== My live location ====
-This feature enables sharing your location continuously in the real time with **anybody in the World who has access to the internet**.  It shares a **URL** leading to a microsite where your location is displayed on a map and updated every 15 seconds.
+With this, you can share your location continuously in **real-time** with **anybody who has access to the internet**.  It shares a **URL** leading to a microsite where your location is displayed on a map and updated every 15 seconds.
- * if you like, insert a message to those who will track you and then just tap the green START button.\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share7.png?nolink |}}
+ * if you like, insert a **message** for those who will track you, and then just tap the green **START** button.\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share7.jpg?nolink |}}
-  * in the next dialog you can **copy to clipboard** or **share via all available services** the URL displaying your real time location.\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share8.png?nolink |}}
+  * in the next dialog you can **copy to clipboard** or **share via all available services** the URL displaying your real-time location.\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share8.jpg?nolink |}}
-  * the URL can be opened in any internet browser.  A menu on the left shows your actual speed and elevation.\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share9.png?nolink |}}
+  * the URL can be opened in any web browser.  A menu on the right shows your actual speed and elevation.\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share9.jpg?nolink |}}
 <WRAP center round info >
-The service can be used **for free for 30 minutes**.  If you like it purchase **[[https://www.locusmap.app/premium|Premium Gold]]** and share your real time location with your friends without limits.
+The service can be used **for free for 30 minutes**.  If you like it purchase **[[https://www.locusmap.app/premium|Premium Gold]]** and share your real-time location with your friends without limits.
  </WRAP>
+==== Live tracking ====
+{{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share13.jpg |}}
+With Locus Live tracking you share your actual location continuously in real-time **mutually with all other Locus Map users** or the **[[https://live-tracking.locusmap.app/online-trackers/|whole world]]**. You can share the location publicly or in closed groups.
-===== Share map cursor location =====
+**[[manual:user_guide:functions:live_tracking|More information about Live tracking setup >>]]**
-Place the map center cursor at any position and share it:
+===== Map cursor location =====
+These are means of sharing the location of the cursor on the map:
+==== Web link ====
+The quickest way how to send the location of any place marked by the cursor to your friends.  Locus Map offers a selection of your favorite messaging apps through which you can send a URL address displaying the location on the map at **[[https://web.locusmap.app|web.locusmap.app]]**.\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share11.jpg?nolink |}}
 ==== Text message ====
-{{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share2.png?nolink |}}
+{{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share2.jpg?nolink |}}
-  * **Text part** - pre-filled by Locus Map, contains address, GPS coordinates and is editable.  * **+**  - adds other detailed info about the cursor position:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share3.png?nolink |}}\\
+  * **Name** - pre-filled by Locus Map, contains address, and GPS coordinates, and is editable.
-      * **Coordinates**  (text) - extra value if the coords in the text part are overwritten
+  * **+**  - adds other parameters of about the cursor location:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share3.jpg?nolink |}}\\
-      * **Geohash**  (URL) - coordinates are coded in a short URL to open in the [[http://geohash.org/|Geohash.org]] website.  It serves as a hub of a few position-displaying services - OpenStreetMaps, GoogleMaps, Geocaching.com, offers download of a GPX file with your position or export to a Garmin device.
+    * **Coordinates**  (text) - extra value if the coords in the text part are overwritten
- * **Google Maps (URL)**  - a direct link to Google Maps
+    * **Geohash**  (URL) - coordinates are coded in a short URL to open on the [[http://geohash.org/|Geohash.org]] website. It serves as a hub of a few position-displaying services - OpenStreetMaps, GoogleMaps, and Geocaching.com, and offers the download of a GPX file with your position or export to a Garmin device.
-      * **Accuracy**  - current GPS accuracy of your device
+    * **Google Maps (URL)**  - a direct link to Google Maps
-      * **Altitude**  - GPS-calculated altitude
+    * **Altitude**  - GPS-calculated altitude
-  * **blue**{{:manual:user_guide:ic_share_alt.png?nolink&30}}  - confirms action and offers available sharing services - SMS, E-mail, Dropbox, Skype, Facebook etc.
+=== Quick sharing ===
- === Quick sharing ===
+Offers fast share of just URLs:
   * Google Maps
   * Geohash
-Directly calls available messaging apps to send Google Maps or Geohash URLs through them without further editing.
+This directly calls available messaging apps to send Google Maps or Geohash URLs without further editing.
- ==== Other map apps ====
+==== Other map apps ====
-Quickly shares the map cursor position with all other map apps installed in your device, e.g.  Google Maps, Waze, Sygic etc.
+Quickly share the map cursor location with all other map apps installed on your device, e.g.  Google Maps, Waze, Sygic, etc.
- ==== Facebook ====
-Shares the map cursor position on your Facebook profile.  Facebook login and confirmation that you allow Locus Map to write on your wall is required.
+==== What3words ====
- ==== What3words ====
+<wrap info>**Available only with [[manual:user_guide:premium|Premium Gold]]**</wrap>\\ \\
-{{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share4.png?nolink |}}
+{{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share4.jpg?nolink |}}
-Sharing the map cursor position decoded in **[[http://www.what3words.com|what3words]]** system.  Several languages are supported.
+Sharing the map cursor location decoded in **[[http://www.what3words.com|what3words]]** system.  Several languages are supported.
- ===== Special =====
+===== Main screen =====
 ==== Screenshot ====
-{{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share5.png?nolink |}}
+{{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share5.jpg?nolink |}}
-A very simple method of sending your device screenshot to your friends.  The feature captures a shot of the whole map screen with all displayed objects - points, tracks, etc.  - without controlling buttons.  Then Locus calls all available apps that can share the image
+A very simple method of sending the display screenshot to your friends.  The feature captures a shot of the whole map screen with all displayed objects - points, tracks, etc.  - without controlling buttons.  Then Locus offers all available apps that can share the image.
 ==== All as KMZ ====
-Creates a //.kmz//  file with all visible map content for displaying in any .kml/kmz-supporting software (e.g.
+Creates a //.kmz//  file with all visible map content for displaying in any .kml/kmz-supporting software (e.g. Google Earth)\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share10.jpg?nolink |}}

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