HereNow: Location Share

📍 HereNow is a map and location sharing app that helps people share location with their circle, explore maps, and use practical map tools.

Location sharing is mutual and consent-based. Sharing starts from an invite: one person gives out their own code, the other enters it.

🗺 Live Map
View your current location on the map.
• See your device location
• Switch map styles
• Browse your own location history
• Find nearby places
• Explore restaurants, transport, public facilities, and more

📍 Shared Locations
View locations shared by people in your circle during active sharing sessions.
• See shared locations on the map
• Open directions
• Change your circle member's display name
• Stop sharing whenever you choose

🔐 Invite Code Pairing
Start location sharing only after both participants agree.
• Unique invite code
• QR code or text code

🚦 Map Tools
Useful map features in one place.
• Real-time traffic layer
• Measure distance between two points
• Subway maps for supported cities
• Nearby place search

📢 Area Alerts
Create map areas and receive notifications when an active sharing participant enters or leaves the selected area.
• Create custom map areas
• Entry and exit notifications
• Edit or remove alerts anytime
• Works only during an active sharing session

🔒 Privacy & Consent
Location sharing works only when both people opt in.
• You are added to a circle only through an invite code that you generated and shared yourself.
• Location sharing is available only during an active sharing session.
• A persistent notification remains visible while your location is being shared.
• You can stop sharing at any time.
• You can remove a sharing connection or end a sharing session whenever you choose.
• People appear on your map only while they are actively sharing with you.

You decide when to share, who can see your location, and when sharing ends.