About WAY GPS locations by SMS
WAY (Where Are You?) keeps you in touch with the world!
WAY is an Android application that enables you to send and receive map localization messages easy and fast using SMS.
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HOW TO USE WAY?
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1. To send a location request:
- click on "Request" button
- choose between Contacts/Calls log/Phone#
- choose "Send" when "Send location request to..." dialog appears
2. To respond to a location request:
- if "Popup WAY messages" is disabled, the request is put as a notification in the Notification area; click on it to display; if "Popup WAY messages" is enabled, WAY will automatically popup the request on the screen
2.1 To respond to a location request with a picked point on WAY map:
- on the "Send location to ..." dialog choose picking the location on WAY map
- when the map appears simply click on the desired location - you can use the helper buttons
- click on "Send" button
- choose "Yes" when "Pick this location and send" dialog appears
- also a Google Maps URL is sent (you can open this in a browser)!!!
2.2 To respond to a location request with the current GPS location:
- on the "Send location to ..." dialog choose current GPS
- "Finding the current GPS location" dialog will appear
- wait until this dialog will disappear - depending on the GPS hardware this step could result in no location found
- if the current location was found, it will be automatically sent
2.3 To respond to a location request with a text message:
- on the "Send location to ..." dialog choose text
- type a text message
- click "OK" button on the dialog
3. To view a location response:
- if "Popup WAY messages" is disabled, the response is put as a notification in the Notification area; click on it to display; if "Popup WAY messages" is enabled, WAY will automatically popup the response on the screen
3.1 To view a map position - WAY response contains either a picked point on the map or it's GPS location
- on the "Received location from..." dialog, choose between WAY map or Google Maps
- click the "OK" button
3.2 To view a map position - WAY response contains a text location message:
- on the "Received location from..." dialog, choose text
- click the "OK" button
4. To send a location without a request:
- click on "Send" button
- choose between Contacts/Calls log/Phone#
- follow step 2 (above)
5. To view previous WAY responses:
- click on "History" button
- select "Responses" tab
- click on the desired contact name / phone no. from the list
- click on the desired message
- follow step 3 (above)
6. To respond to previous WAY requests:
- click on "History" button
- select "Requests" tab
- click on the desired contact name / phone no. from the list
- click on the desired message
- follow step 2 (above)
7: To change themes:
-click on "Settings" button
-click on "WAY theme ..."
-choose "Yes" when "Restart now?" dialog appears
8: To enable Auto Reply:
- click on "Settings" button
- click on "Auto Reply"
- click to enable one the options (text/gps/map) - at least one option needs to be enabled for Auto reply to work
- long click to edit each option
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With WAY you can easy find your friends and use Google Navigation to drive to them. Also, you can use WAY in your business to easily identify your team mates.
Your location is sent in around 30 seconds if GPS and mobile data is used and the SMS cost almost nothing.
You can use this application when your are in your country or in foreign countries; SMS is a cheap transport for locations, and you don't use data when abroad.
You will find that with WAY you can send a picked location on Google Map, your current GPS location or a text location.
Storing of previous locations is a very nice feature. History will also indicate if you have responded to a request or if you have seen a response. All this presented in a intuitive and pleasant interface.
With auto-reply you can save a gps location which will be sent automatically to location requests.
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