Google Latitude: Rest in Peace

akshay4587 · 9th August 2013, 11:16

So finally the application has been taken off.
Now just a blank screen comes up on the page which used to display friends and their location :(

ghpk · 15th August 2013, 01:48

I would say a very bad decision by Google.
No way this would urge me or other latitude crazy people to Use Google+.

Latitude was Best and Easiest, Even My 70+ year old parents used it regularly.

Now its a Dark End to location sharing on android, infact easiest way is self destructed.

I used to be a above average "Google Mapper" and have stopped adding places since this was announced.

Hate google for this decision.

Juggy · 29th August 2013, 15:25

For Android users there is Life360, hemisphere and Swarmly. They also do history, though the time stamping and updates can get weird. Google has also released a low power 'passive' location API, and guess they want someone else to do the heavy lifting.

On iOS, Find Friends works just fine for Family (someone not on your AppleID). I also use PlaceMe, which like Latitude shows map & time stamp history, but is account specific.

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akshay4587 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chandigarh/Mohali/Ambala Cantt Posts: 4,151 Thanked: 4,525 Times View My Garage	So finally the application has been taken off. Now just a blank screen comes up on the page which used to display friends and their location :(
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15th August 2013, 01:48	#17
ghpk BHPian Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ghaziabad Posts: 870 Thanked: 211 Times	Re: Google Latitude: Rest in Peace I would say a very bad decision by Google. No way this would urge me or other latitude crazy people to Use Google+. Latitude was Best and Easiest, Even My 70+ year old parents used it regularly. Now its a Dark End to location sharing on android, infact easiest way is self destructed. I used to be a above average "Google Mapper" and have stopped adding places since this was announced. Hate google for this decision.
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29th August 2013, 15:25	#18
Juggy BHPian Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Bangalore Posts: 55 Thanked: 44 Times	For Android users there is Life360, hemisphere and Swarmly. They also do history, though the time stamping and updates can get weird. Google has also released a low power 'passive' location API, and guess they want someone else to do the heavy lifting. On iOS, Find Friends works just fine for Family (someone not on your AppleID). I also use PlaceMe, which like Latitude shows map & time stamp history, but is account specific.
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