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Do you have Latitude?

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2/4/2009 Kevin "Double Oh Yelp" N. says:

Do you know where your Yelp friends are?

Google just made maps social by launching latitude for Google Maps.  http://google.com/lati...

An interesting addition to the venerable mapping and public transportation planner app.  Now, if it would just find the nearest 4+ star-rated burrito stand, it'd be perfect!

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    2/4/2009 Randy "American Standard, Crimson Transparent" C. says:

    I'll check it out - reminds me though, Anyone ever seen the movie Longitude?  Awsome if you are fascinated by watches, clocks and complications like I am.

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    2/4/2009 Suge K. says:

    fuck no. nobody needs to know where i am all the time.

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    2/4/2009 Tatyana K. says:

    Google seems to hate my phone...

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    2/4/2009 Alexis "has zero interest in your bullshit" B. says:

    OH hell no.

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    2/4/2009 Drue "sleep is overrated" C. says:

    This is the worst idea ever. How in the world can I feign illness if my boss can see I am at the beach?

  6. 2/4/2009 Mister J. says:

    I think that the FBI and the CIA knowing where I'm at at all times is plenty, thank-you-very-much.

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    2/4/2009 Mary S. says:

    I heard something about Google Oceans which sounded cool. This other thing not so much.

  8. 2/4/2009 Cliff B. says:

    I think this identifies a generation gap. I've noticed that many teenagers and early 20 somethings love this sharing of information while most people my age *ahem* over late 30's-ish, consider this an invasion privacy. I simply do not trust my information being stored in some sinister database or being put out there for anybody to see.

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    2/4/2009 Devon "Completely Appropriate™" F. says:

    This is like those boostmobile commercials..."Where you at?"

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    2/4/2009 Kevin "Double Oh Yelp" N. says:

    @Drue actually, it's perfect for that.  The app has three settings: no location sharing, manual sharing, and auto sharing.  If you manually set it to your house, then head to the beach, it will look like you're stuck at home all day!

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    2/4/2009 Nerd "Nerd Alert" A. says:

    Creepy...just creepy.

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    2/4/2009 Kevin "Double Oh Yelp" N. says:

    I think LBS things are pretty darn cool, and it's something Yelp could really benefit from.  

    I see the privacy issues, but really, it is only to manually-specified friends, can be turned on and off (or even create fictitious data) making the privacy issues pretty low.  Much lower than, say, writing hundreds of reviews and talk threads on a popular publicly-accessible website.

    Maybe I'm just 20 years old at heart.  Yeah, I'll go with that one.

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    This Yelper's account has been closed.

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    2/4/2009 C P. says:

    How funny, I did some beta testing for this and I was wondering what would come of it. Not my cup of tea, but perfect for stalkers.

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    2/4/2009 Anne T. says:

    Is this like what they put on moose?  Scary.....stalker.....

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    2/4/2009 Anne T. says:

    oh hell no.  How can I sneak around if big brother is watching/

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    2/4/2009 Jennifer P. says:

    Doesn't work with my phone.

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    2/16/2009 Pierre Trudeau I. says:

    I'm surprised more yelpers aren't using this. You can become invisible at will and lie about your location, so what's the big deal?

    I do have Latitude and love it. Most of my friends are paranoid and "creeped out" by it though so I haven't found locals with which it would actually be useful.

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    2/16/2009 Eric L. says:

    it's cool but GPS kills my battery :(

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    2/16/2009 Pierre Trudeau I. says:

    Mine doesn't use the GPS feature. It uses the less accurate non-GPS technology which can only place me within a few blocks of my actual location. Uses less battery power that way too.

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    2/16/2009 Kris "Hair Metal High Roller" R. says:

    Oh hell no!!! Expecially because I don't want people to really know what I am up to. That shit is stalker status.

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    2/16/2009 Pierre Trudeau I. says:

    99% of the time I don't really care if people know my approximate whereabouts. If I happen to pay a visit to my favorite crack den whorehouse, I'll just turn it off.

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    2/16/2009 Kevin "Double Oh Yelp" N. says:

    Better than turning it off:  just set it somewhere benign.  You go to a crack den, make it look like you're at Church.  You go to see your mistress, make it look like you're at a jewelry store.  Playing hookie from work; set it to your house so you look like you're home sick rather than at the bar at 2pm.

  24. 2/16/2009 CK S. says:

    Kevin N. says:

    Better than turning it off:  just set it somewhere benign.  You go to a crack den, make it look like you're at Church.  You go to see your mistress, make it look like you're at a jewelry store.  Playing hookie from work; set it to your house so you look like you're home sick rather than at the bar at 2pm.
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    No need for it at all.

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    2/16/2009 Post Hummus "Yelper" Y. says:

    I had a Dell Latitude.  What  a piece of crap!

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    2/16/2009 Uncle Fishbits Aeneas "My reviews are even more better" X. says:

    Honestly I didn't care (i am along the lines of thinking privacy is gone anyway.. live transparently)....

    but the idea of not knowing where your friends are, but being able to meet up with them is cool.  Think of trying to find friends at Bay to Breakers, and not needing to call or anything.  They say, "meet up with us when you are ready."

    So you do.  Cool.

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    2/17/2009 Pierre Trudeau I. says:

    Not sure what the "privacy" complaint is about anyway. Your cellphone company already has the ability to track your location, both in real-time and in the past. So does the government. If someone's really that freaked out about "privacy" they shouldn't be carrying a cellphone, using the Internet, registering to vote or paying taxes.

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    2/18/2009 Uncle Fishbits Aeneas "My reviews are even more better" X. says:

    Here privacy is different.  The cell company only has authorization, that you approve, to track for 911 and emergency services.  Trust me... if you don't pay taxes, they will be more inclined to find you than if you don't.  Probably more private to actually pay up.  =)  Then they may leave you alone.

    It does sound like you saw Eagle Eye tho.

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