Google is retiring its Latitude location-sharing service on August 9th
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Re: Google is retiring its Latitude location-sharing service on August 9th
#2Somewhat understandable, but that doesn't mean I don't hate the fact this has been 'moved' to Google+ now. I'm afraid a lot of my friends won't take the time to set this up in the (bloated, compared to maps) Google+ app.
And when you think about it, why shouldn't the location of your friends not be just another layer in the maps app? Seems like a logical place to be able to find this kind of information.
Re: Google is retiring its Latitude location-sharing service on August 9th
#3Unsurprising, the application doesn't fit in with the new styles, doesn't behave correctly with less-than-perfect location data, doesn't understand multiple location sources.
I was quite a fan of finding how far I'd walked, but Google Now tells me that once a month now.
Re: Google is retiring its Latitude location-sharing service on August 9th
#4Sigh. Latitude was easy to use and quite handy to track (flight following mode) friends and relatives on long distance trips. G+ is nice, but a huge amount of overkill just to get that back.
Re: Google is retiring its Latitude location-sharing service on August 9th
#5Darnit - I _did_ find this useful. On a walking holiday with my family recently, and we were able to meet up with each other very easily through Latitude, despite being in the middle of nowhere.
Re: Google is retiring its Latitude location-sharing service on August 9th
#6Darnit - I _did_ find this useful. On a walking holiday with my family recently, and we were able to meet up with each other very easily through Latitude, despite being in the middle of nowhere.
Yes, same here. But there's probably useful alternatives.
Re: Google is retiring its Latitude location-sharing service on August 9th
#7Somewhat understandable, but that doesn't mean I don't hate the fact this has been 'moved' to Google+ now. I'm afraid a lot of my friends won't take the time to set this up in the (bloated, compared to maps) Google+ app. And when you think about it, why shouldn't the location of your friends not be just another layer in the maps app? Seems like a logical place to be able to find this kind of information.
I completely agree. Google+ was meant to enhance all of Google’s products, adding social features. What Google seem to be doing is the opposite.
Re: Google is retiring its Latitude location-sharing service on August 9th
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Re: Google is retiring its Latitude location-sharing service on August 9th
#9Re: Google is retiring its Latitude location-sharing service on August 9th
#10Surprisingly, this is the only Google service I did not want to go away. My wife and I use it frequently every work day. She is an animal control officer here in Houston, and Latitude is the way we keep in touch with where we are. The job is dangerous enough that I like to know her current location frequently just to make sure she is alright. She's on a windows 7 OS phone, I'm on an android... so a lot current-day applications are out of the question. Maybe it's time I code my own location services for us that would be more accurate, frequent, and private.