Real-time location sharing to facilitate a physical meet-up

摘要

A location sharing component operating on a mobile computing device is configured to enable a local party and a remote party to share each other's locations during a phone call to facilitate a physical meet-up. The location sharing component exposes various options to set a length of time for the location sharing or the location can be shared up until the meet-up occurs. User interfaces (UIs) exposed by the location sharing component can provide directions and dynamically updated maps which show the locations of the parties. The location sharing experience can be persisted after the phone call ends by showing updates to the directions and maps and by surfacing notifications when the parties are close so that they can start looking for each other. The location sharing time interval can be extended if it is due to expire before the meet-up occurs.