How to share facebook location
Here’s how to share location on Facebook
The new
live locationfeature introduced by
Facebooklets you share your live location in Messenger.
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This is a simple-to-use feature that can let you share with your friends where you are right now. Available both for iOS and Android, you can also use this feature to send pinned location, which means any other location you wish to share.
Sharing location on Facebook lets your contacts and friends discover where you are. Sharing live location lets you coordinate with friends and tell people how far are you from them especially while you are on travels. You can share live location either with a single person or with a group of users.
There are two topics related to sharing location on Facebook: sharing any location and sharing your current location. Here is how you can do them on your iOS and Android.
Sharing a pinned location on Facebook Messenger
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It is possible to send any location on Facebook Messenger by pinning it. You can either pin a nearby location you see on the map or you can search for the location you wish to send on the Facebook Messenger.
How to send a pinned location on iOS
To send a pinned location that is near you, follow these steps:
Open a conversation.
Tap the plus sign > Location. If you can’t find this option, tap right arrow and plus sign
In the bottom right, tap on location .
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Now you need to drag the map in a way the red pin will be on the location that you will want to send.
Tap on Send Pin Location.
How to search for a location on iOS?
Open a conversation you wish to work with.
Tap on plus sign > location. If you can’t find this option, tap right arrow and plus sign.
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In the bottom right, tap on location
Now make use of the search bar you will find above the map to search for the location you wish to share. Once you find the location, tap on right arrow to send it.
How to send a pinned location on Android
To send a pinned location that is near you on Android, follow these steps:
Open a conversation.
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Tap plus sign > Location. If you can’t find this option, tap right arrow and plus sign.
In the top right, tap on location.
Now you need to drag the map in a way the red pin will be on the location that you will want to send.
Tap on Send Pin Location.
How to search for a location on Android?
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Open a conversation you wish to work with.
Tap on plus sign > location. If you can’t find this option, tap right arrow and plus sign.
Tap location > search option.
Now make use of the search bar on the map to search for the location you wish to share. Once you find the location, tap on send sign to send it.
How to send your current location on Facebook messenger?
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Open a conversation you wish to work with.
Tap on plus sign that is found next to the text box. If you can’t find this option, tap right arrow and plus sign.
Tap on Location.
Now tap on Share Live Location.
Introducing Live Location in Messenger
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Messenger
By Selena Wang, Product Manager, Messenger
Today we’re excited to announce a new way to share your location in Messenger.
Our new Live Location feature makes it simple and seamless for you to choose to share where you are with your friends and family. This is rolling out globally and is available on both iOS and Android.
We’ve been testing this for a little while, and people tell us that Live Location is helpful when trying to coordinate with friends, telling people how close you are when you’re on your way to an appointment, or even sharing where you are with your roommate when you’re on your way home at night. You can share your Live Location with a group of friends in Messenger or just with one person — it’s up to you!
How It Works
- To share your Live Location in a message on iOS, tap the Location icon or tap the More icon and then select Location.
- With today’s update, you’ll see a map of your current location and the option to tap a blue bar to share your Live Location.
- If you choose to share your Live Location, the person or people you share it with will be able to see where you are on a map for the next 60 minutes.
- You’ll be able to see an estimate of how long it would take to get to others’ locations by car. (The ETA is seen by the person with whom the location is shared.)
- You can stop sharing your Live Location at any time; just tap Stop Sharing.
- A small clock in the lower right hand corner of the map will also let you know how much longer you’re sharing your location for.
- For Android, tap the Location icon or tap the More icon and then select Location.
- You’ll see a map of your current location and the option to tap a blue bar to share your Live Location for 60 minutes. Just like on iOS, you’ll have the option to stop sharing your Live Location by tapping Stop Sharing, and you’ll see how much longer you’re sharing your Live Location for via a small count down clock in the lower right hand corner of the map.
It’s still possible to share a static point on a map, too. For example, if you want to tell a friend which coffee shop to meet you at, tap the location pin or the More icon, and then instead of choosing Share Live Location, tap the red pin in the upper right hand corner.
From there, you can search for a place to share, or you can drag and drop the pin on the map. Then, tap Send.
Sharing your location in a Messenger conversation — either continuously for an hour with Live Location or as a static point — is completely optional. You are always in control. For additional information and instructions on sending or sharing a location in Messenger, please visit the Help Center.
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Geolocation on Facebook - create and add
Every year, mobile devices are becoming more and more firmly established in our lives. Along with them comes the term "geolocation" or location determination. Facebook is not far behind in this matter and has also added such a feature to its platform. It is available to all users. The social network does not distinguish between personal and commercial accounts.
Contents:
- Activate and restrict location
- Enable location on Android
- inclusion of geolocation on iOS
- restriction of geolocation
- possibilities that give geolocation
- Use of geolocation in publications
- Add geomethecum in the new post
- Add to the existing post
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Activating and limiting geodata
First of all, let's look at how to enable geolocation in the mobile application.
Geoservice is able to work in the main and background modes. The inclusion is carried out in different ways. It all depends on the operating system of the device.
Enable geolocation on Android
- Go to the "Settings" section of the mobile phone.
- Select Applications. A list of installed applications will appear, select "Facebook".
- Go to "Permissions" for this application.
- Toggle the "Location" toggle switch.
The smartphone application can now determine the location if the service is active. The user can allow or restrict access to Facebook in geolocation when he is not using the application. This is the so-called background geolocation.
Setting background geolocation on Facebook on smartphones running on Android:
- Log in to the Facebook application and click on the menu icon (three horizontal bars).
- Click on the "Settings" section, and then go to "Privacy".
- Click on "Quick Settings".
- Go to "Manage settings".
- Find the line "Background" and opposite it, switch the toggle switch to the active position.
Enable geolocation on iOS
- Enter iPhone Settings.
- Select "Quick settings and privacy".
- Click on the "Geolocation" item.
- Go to "Location Services" and activate the desired switch.
Restricting geolocation
To restrict the application's access to location on an iPhone, you need to:
- Enter the "Location Services" menu.
- Select "Facebook".
- Specify the desired permission setting "Permanent" or "When used".
If you do not want the Facebook application to determine your geodata on android, then you need:
- Go to the “Settings” of your smartphone.
- Select Applications.
- Find "Facebook" in the list and click on the "Permissions" line.
- Move switch to inactive position.
The power of geolocation
Currently, Facebook only determines the location of users who have installed the mobile version of the application on their smartphones. Location access can be enabled or disabled at any time.
Any person has the right to independently decide what information about him or her will be available to other users. The introduction of a new feature in Facebook allows you to expand the connections between people. They see who is nearby, and there is a desire to communicate live.
List of geolocation features:
- any user can track the movement of friends on the map. If a person is somewhere nearby, the system notifies about it;
- you can mark the places where the user has visited;
- you can leave geotags and recommend these places to visit to people from your friends list;
- in all places on the map you can mark friends who have also been there.
Advantages of geolocation for business:
- location of stores or branches on the map;
- if there are several points of sale in one city, then the owner can create a separate page for each, where an individual location will be displayed;
- customers can tag an organization if they've visited their store and then share it with their friends list;
- more precise ad settings that target nearby users.
Using geolocation in posts
Facebook allows its users to create new geolocations and share them with their friends. The function of adding a geotag to already published posts is also available.
Adding a geotag in a new post
- At the very top of the profile page, find the field "What's new with you, username?" and click on it.
- The Create Publication window appears.
- Design the post material and click on "Mark a visit" at the bottom.
- The system will suggest suitable options.
Among them, you need to choose the right one. - Here you can also mark friends, add photos/videos, feelings/actions.
- Select the audience that can view the post and click on the "Publish" button.
Adding a geotag to an existing post
- Find the desired post and click on the “…” icon next to it.
- In the list that opens, select "Edit publication".
- Select "Mark visit" and select a suitable location.
- Click on the "Save" button.
Sometimes a situation may arise when you need to edit the location, change it or delete it. To do this, you need to click on the cross next to the name of the specified place and select a new name. You can leave this field blank if you wish. After all edits, click on the "Save" button.
Creating a new location
Some users are faced with a situation where all attempts to add a location to the post do not give a positive result.
In this case, you need to add new geodata on Facebook. The procedure on Android and iOS is the same:
- When filling in the field "Where are you?" if there is no place in the proposed list, the inscription "Add new place" will pop up. Click on it.
- The system will prompt you to specify the category of the new geolocation and fill in all the information fields.
- Click on the "Finish" button, and then "Create".
The new location will be available to everyone if they come in to add it to their posts.
Local feature
In order for people to take full advantage of all the possibilities that geolocation gives them, Facebook developers have come up with a special Local feature for smartphones. It works if location is enabled on the device.
Its main task is to obtain information about recommended events that take place nearby. The function analyzes the visits of the user's friends and gives him a list of options. If a person turns on Local, then he will always know about all the events that are planned near him.
To activate it, you need:
- Enter the Facebook mobile application by clicking on the Menu icon.
- Select the line "Local".
- Here you can select "Top recommendations for the week", "Upcoming events", "Last places" visited by the person.
- Click on the "Magnifier" icon. This will redirect you to the search, where you can select the desired parameters (name, place, category).
- Use filters to more accurately select the returned search results.
This feature is available in the Facebook app. You can also install it separately by downloading the Local program for free in PlayMarket and AppStore. Available here:
- all places and events that your friends have visited, as well as news from the organizers;
- search for new interesting places on the map;
- selection of events by time, place and category;
- recommendations that take into account the user's preferences, his subscriptions and the interests of friends;
- schedule planning, synchronization of events with a calendar on a smartphone;
- notifications about updating the terms of future events;
- is available in more than 60 Russian cities.
Setting up geodata for a business account
Any business owner who promotes it on Facebook can give their customers the right to mark their visit, leave comments and recommend to friends. At the page registration stage, you need to select its category: company, brand or product. Creators of groups or personal accounts do not have these settings.
Procedure:
- Log in to your account.
- Go to the "Pages" section.
- Select "Page Management" and click on the "Edit" button.
- Put a tick next to the inscription "Address is specified" and enter your geodata.
- Find under the map the inscription “Customers visit my company at my physical address” and check the box next to it. This must be done. Otherwise, hits and geodata will not be visible on the page.
- Click the Save Changes button.
After that, all your customers will be able to mark all visits to the page, as well as recommend it to their friends list.
Business page owners need to properly design their page. This is the main condition for successful store promotion on Facebook. If there are offline points of sale (shops, service points), then their location must be marked on the map. To add geodata from other points of the company in the network, you need to go to the business manager. This program is available on a computer in the web version of Facebook.
Important information :
- If you have configured a location, a corresponding tab will appear on the page. Here users can find the desired point of sale on the map. They will also have access to information about the working hours and the indicated contacts;
- if you have several points of sale, then for each one you can create a separate page where the corresponding address will be indicated. All points of local pages will be displayed on the geoplan of the main page. Content can be selected for each individual page.
All local pages will be designed similarly to the main one; - If you are creating an advertisement, then you need to specify the goal of the "Visit to points" campaign. In this case, customers who are in range will see your impression in the news feed. But this only works if they have geolocation enabled.
How to share and send your location via Facebook Messenger
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The world has made impressive progress in terms of progress technological what can be observed. One of the most popular tools recently due to insecurity and people's need for virtual browsing has been options to send and share your location using various webmail tools.
Google and Facebook have reached an agreement to launch a new free service. With this service, users will be able to send and receive the locations of other users without leaving their mobile phone and in real time.
Similarly, among the localization options that we can find on all platforms messenger , Facebook on is the one that offers special and direct follow-up in case the person who sent it feels threatened.
This web functionality is complemented by a great service that we can find using Google maps , which also hits Facebook Messenger .
Facebook is one of the most popular social networks in the world. Its users are looking for a means of communication and meetings with their families and relatives in their web spaces. For this reason, the fact that they included the ability to share a person's location in real time was as important as it was successful.
How to share your real-time location with other users
If you want to share your real-time position and provide that position to another user, it is important that you know that you must take into account a number of steps and conditions which are very easy to understand and accept.
To access this option you can simply enter the conversation and in the options bar you will find a button that says " join . Once you click on it, you just have to go to the option " Location of And you can see what you can do with it.
When you click on it, you can send your real-time location to the person in the chat who will be available for 60 minutes
After 60 minutes the contact will no longer know the location If you want the transfer to be sent just repeat the previous steps sent to the user you selected, all you have to do is click the button button » Stop sharing To stop real time position. In the chat, you will see that an alert pop-up will open, telling both users that location sharing has completely stopped. You can also delete a chat or conversation if you prefer.
How to share any location using Facebook Messenger
If you are looking to share a specific location with a contact group or a person in particular, this is possible thanks to the communication tools offered by Facebook Messenger.
