[Talk-scotland] Closed user group mapping.

[Michael Booth]

Hi David,

I've copied in the talk-gb mailing list so your question has a wider 
audience.

OpenStreetMap is basically just the map data and display, similar to 
Ordnance Survey for example, except it's free and anyone can edit the 
map. So it doesn't have a live location sharing feature - although 
someone out there may have created a website or app which has that 
feature and uses OSM as the display map.

I think Google Maps users have the ability to share their live location, 
though it might only work with one person. I don't use WhatsApp but it 
looks like they have a Live Location feature which might make it 
possible for your volunteers to share their live location within a 
closed group? 
https://faq.whatsapp.com/android/chats/how-to-use-live-location/

On 02/06/2021 07:49, david.h.horsburgh at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I’m a volunteer with British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) https://bdmlr.org.uk/ and was on a callout on Tuesday evening trying, with several others, to find some dolphins that has swam up the river Clyde to near the city centre. Comms was rubbish, with us messaging on WhatsApp. I’ve tried, but have been unable, to find a mapping application with a closed user group so we could see live where each of us were, both for safety and to enable a central controller to distribute our limited resources as efficiently as possible. Can this be done via Open Street map?
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> Thanks,
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> David
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