locAR Live Location Tracker

locAR is a powerful multi-user, real-time, phone-to-phone, live team location tracking and text/image sharing m-app!

Join your friends, colleagues, family, etc in your own private teams to securely share LIVE location, motion/orientation data, tracks, trails, zones, camera snaps & texts

Objects are drawn on map or as an AR ('augmented reality') overlay on the view through the camera. The AR view includes a HUD compass, artificial horizon, speed display (if moving) and 360 degree radial scan view. To try it just select "Cam" from the main Menu, wait for the camera view to appear and then look around the horizon

Your location and heading/pitch can be used to generate KML data for real-time viewing via Google Earth

With city/geopoint views plus the ability to display static navigational points and real-time moving tracks sent to the server

From v4 you can capture and automatically distribute camera snaps across your team within seconds. Snaps can also be taken at various timed intervals - allowing use of locAR as both a hi-res web-cam and a viewer. If you enable it, your most recent snap is shown within a few seconds above your location marker on the map or AR view of all team members (and you can delete snaps at any time)

Crucially, locAR has a full set of 'location-privacy' controls (including randomisation of shared location within various range boxes, privacy zones, team membership timers, etc). No registration process nor provision of personal information is required to use locAR

Two powerful simulation modes let you 'fly around' anywhere in the world and engage team members in "War-loc!" - a live battle sim in which lasers, guided missiles, nukes and other weapons can be 'fired' between handsets! You even get to feel the effect of being hit!

To quickly and safely try out some of locAR's features just press the "Demo" button on the main menu to securely join team 'demo' with your position simulated over Kennedy Space Center, Florida and with War-loc! mode selected. Be ready to get the odd missile fired at you - just fire back! Steer by gently rolling the phone left or right

You are initially given a default user id of the form "USERnnnn" to get you going. Enter a name of your choice under the Data|User menu to get your own unique id (UID)

Then go on to create your own teams and invite your friends to join them simply by all using the same team name and (optional) password under the Team menu

As you move around locAR's menus various 'Tips' messages appear to explain your options. Tips can be disabled on the Data|User menu when you know your way around locAR. Each menu also has a "Help" button which takes you directly to the relevant page within the online User Guide

Note that locAR is a powerful m-app with lots of features, options and security safeguards. To take full advantage of these you are strongly advised to read the extensive online User Guide, T&Cs, update history and other news at m-apps.com/loc