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====== Share ======
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This feature offers several ways of sharing your immediate location or other content in one place.
===== 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.
==== 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.

  * 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 |}}
  * 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 |}}
  * 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 |}}

<WRAP center round info >
The service is running in BETA mode so far and can be used **for free for 30 minutes**. If you like it you can subscribe to **Live Tracking Premium service** in the **[[manual:user_guide:locus_store|Locus Store]]** and share your real time location with your friends without limits.
</WRAP>

===== Share map cursor location =====
Place the map center cursor at any position and share it:

==== Text message ====
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  * **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 |}}\\ 
      * **Coordinates**  (text) - extra value if the coords in the text part are overwritten
      * **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.
      * **Google Maps (URL)**  - a direct link to Google Maps
      * **Accuracy**  - current GPS accuracy of your device
      * **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 ===
  * Google Maps
  * Geohash

Directly calls available messaging apps to send Google Maps or Geohash URLs through them without further editing.
==== 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.
==== 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.
===== Special =====
==== Screenshot ====
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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
==== All as KMZ ====

Creates a //.kmz//  file with all visible map content for displaying in any .kml/kmz-supporting software (e.g. Google Earth) and saves it in //Locus/export// directory in your device:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:share6.png?nolink |}}\\ 
**Share** button calls all available services for sharing files.