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====== Sharing ======
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This feature offers several ways of sharing your current location or other content in one place:

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===== My location =====

==== My current location ====
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 ====
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** 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.jpg?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 |}}

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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.
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==== Live tracking ====
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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.

**[[manual:user_guide:functions:live_tracking|More information about Live tracking setup >>]]**
===== 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 ====
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  * **Name** - pre-filled by Locus Map, contains address, and GPS coordinates, and is editable.
  * **+**  - adds other parameters of about the cursor location:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share3.jpg?nolink |}}\\ 
    * **Coordinates**  (text) - extra value if the coords in the text part are overwritten
    * **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.
    * **Google Maps (URL)**  - a direct link to Google Maps
    * **Altitude**  - GPS-calculated altitude
=== Quick sharing ===
Offers fast share of just URLs:
  * Google Maps
  * Geohash

This directly calls available messaging apps to send Google Maps or Geohash URLs without further editing.
==== Other map apps ====
Quickly share the map cursor location with all other map apps installed on your device, e.g.  Google Maps, Waze, Sygic, etc.

==== What3words ====
<wrap info>**Available only with [[manual:user_guide:premium|Premium Gold]]**</wrap>\\ \\ 
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Sharing the map cursor location decoded in **[[http://www.what3words.com|what3words]]** system.  Several languages are supported.
===== Main screen =====
==== Screenshot ====
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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. Google Earth)\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share10.jpg?nolink |}}