MapQuest Find Me
is available on the following Nextel phone models:
i265, i275
i730 family
i830 family
i710
i860
And the RIM BlackBerry TM 7520.
The service requires an associated data plan. This may or
may not be part of your Find Me subscription. If you already have a Data Access plan, you can subscribe to Find Me for $3.99. If you do not have a Data Access Plan, you can subscribe to Find Me for $5.99 and this will bundle 300K of data usage per month.
To start MapQuest Find Me cursor to the MapQuest Find Me application under Java Apps on your handset. is the icon displayed for MapQuest Find Me . Press OK and the application will start installing.
You will be prompted to accept the Terms of Use for MapQuest
Find Me.
After accepting the Term of Use, you will be prompted to choose a 4-digit Personal Identification Number (PIN).
When viewing this screen:
Your phone number will be displayed (e.g. 6178889068)
Enter a PIN - this is a 4 digit number of your own choice (e.g. 4321)
This will activate the handset and directions for creating
your web account will be displayed. After reviewing them, click "Done." This
will display the MapQuest Find Me
Home screen.
See the section "Using Find Me on the Handset" for complete
information on accessing and using the service features.
You will need 3 pieces of information to create your
account:
Phone number
PIN
Activation code
These can be found on your phone under "Web Activation" in
the "Settings" section.
From the MapQuest Find
Me home page at http://www.mapquestfindme.com :
Click on the Activation button
Enter your:
Phone number
PIN
Activation code
Press save
Now create your web account.
Enter your:
User Name
Password
Password confirm
Select a secret question
Answer to the secret question
Press Save
The secret question and your answer to it is an additional level of security required if you need to request a new password from MapQuest Find Me Support.
The next step is to complete your account information. This consists of a label for the phone and contact information.
Complete the form as appropriate. When finished, click Save.
Your web account is now complete. You can now manage your
address book, view your location if you have your visibility setting turned on
and edit your contact information as necessary.
For complete information on the web site features, please
see the section: Using Find Me on the
web.
MapQuest Find Me delivers personalized, location
aware information directly to your handset with a minimum number of keystrokes. The handset application consists of a main
menu with 4 key features: Find Me,Find Nearby, Address Book and Settings.
Option menus provide numbered items that enable you to maneuver with the press
of one button on most screens. There are
a few field input screens where you use standard phone input conventions.
To start MapQuest Find Me cursor to the MapQuest Find Me application under Java Apps on your handset.
is the icon displayed for MapQuest Find Me. Press OK and the application will start and display the 4 initial icons on the screen.
NOTE: At any
point you can run MapQuest Find Me in
the background. To do this, press the red hang up key twice. Your default
Nextel screen will be displayed and you can make phone calls and access other
menu options (e.g. read messages etc.) To return to the program, select
MapQuest Find Me under JAVA APPS / Suspended Apps.
While uLocate is running in the background your location
will be captured at the specified interval (the default is every 5 minutes for
GPS and every 15 minutes for cell tower) and this data will be sent to the
server if you have “Visibility on”. During the short interval while it is
sending your location an incoming call may be sent to voice mail due to network
limitations. In addition, all other network services will be blocked during
data transfer.
Menu items for traversing the
application (These can be icons or list items)
Input Fields
Reported or Textual information
Pop-up Selections
Radio Button Selections
The start-up screen
for MapQuest
Find Me is an icon menu. Use the
arrow keys to highlight the icon for the desired function and press
OK to select.
Menu items and pop-up selections are usually numbered lists. For pop-up lists with less than 10 items, you can press the number assigned to that item to select. For any item in a list, you can move the cursor to highlight the item and press OK
to select. The Points of Interest (POI) list is an example of this type of menu.
Screens that contain input fields are used to enter variable information. Examples of this type include a screen containing a zip code field for proximity searching or a field to name an address you want to save in the Address Book.
Radio Button
Selections are similar to the radio buttons you find on web pages. You move the cursor over them and then press OK to set that radio button to
"ON". The GPS Interval screen is an
example of Radio Button selection.
Pop-up Selections are screens displayed over another screen. The bottom screen has information to be acted on and the top screen contains the list of actions to be performed. You can see an example of this type of screen when you press 'Options' from the Address Book. You can close a pop-up selection screen by choosing the 'hide' element in the pop-up list.
Reported or Textual Information screens are usually data you requested. The screen could contain the driving directions or the Privacy Statement where there is no interaction required.
The last line of a screen usually has two action buttons: one on the right and one on the left. On the menu screen Select is displayed on the right in the action bar. Press the right soft key to select the
highlighted item. This key is also identical in function to the OK key. On an input screen, Save, Accept or Find It is
displayed on the right in the action bar. When text and reported information is
displayed in multiple screens, the action bar usually contains a Next function on the right and Done when you reach the end of the
information in the screen. In most cases, the left soft key will be
either a Back or Cancel function. When text and reported
information is displayed in only one screen, you can scroll through the
information with the up and down arrows.
Usually, Back is displayed in
the action bar which, when pressed, returns to the previous menu.
The MapQuest Find Me Home screen displays 4
icons that correspond to the key features of the service.
These are:
People
The People icon displays a screen with a list that allows you to access locations – for yourself or for people with whom you have agreed to share location information. These people are organized into one of four groups: Family, Friends, Work, and Other. You can also obtain a list of all your people by selecting All. Selecting Me will bring up your last known location. Selecting a group will bring up a list of the individuals in that group. As you scroll over the names each individual's last location will be displayed. Find Me options enable you to store the location for future reference, find nearby points of interest, or view a map of the location. You can also get directions to others or call them directly. When viewing your location you can elect to send it to someone via a short text message (SMS). You can also invite other individuals (friends, family, etc. to share location information.)
.
Address Book
Your Address Book is where you store locations for future reference. These locations can be saved from either the handset or your web account. Address Book options enable you to get turn-by-turn directions to a stored location and/or send the address to someone via SMS. You can also set up alerts to be notified when someone in one of your groups enters or exits a location.
Places
This feature displays a list of point-of-interest (POI) categories (e.g. hotels, restaurants, gas stations, etc.). Alternatively, you can type in any business name or address you want. You can find POIs that are near your location or near any address you enter. When viewing a list of businesses you have the option to call the business, view turn- by-turn directions on how to get there, view a map of its location, save its location to your Address Book, or send the location to someone via SMS.
Settings
Settings enables you to control various aspects of the service. These include turning visibility on and off, changing the GPS and cell tower intervals at which the handset attempts to establish locations fixes and changing your PIN. You can also call up screens of information regarding your web activation, help, and terms of use.
To select a feature,
highlight it using the Left, Right, Up and Down Arrow buttons on your phone,
then press the OK key. to select
that item.
"People" displays the most recent location information for you and anyone you have agreed to share location information with. You can select to view your location or select a group and view the location of individuals within that group. This includes the address, time the location was established and the method (i.e. GPS or cell tower). Note that the information on this screen is the last known address the phone sent in to the system. It may or may not be the current location of the phone.
The Find People menu lists the following items:
1. Me
Displays your last known location
2. Family
Displays list of individuals you have entered in your Family group
3. Friends
Displays list of individuals you have entered in your Friends group
4. Work
Displays list of individuals you have entered in your Work group
5. Others
Displays list of individuals you have entered in your Others group
6. All
Displays list of all individuals with whom you are sharing location information
7. Invitations
Displays invitation submenu of pending and incoming invitations
8. Invite
Displays a form for sending an invitation to someone to share location information
The Find Me service
has two methods for establishing your location. One uses the GPS chipset in
your phone, the other uses the local cell tower ID. This is to provide you with
flexibility and control. The method used to learn your location is displayed on
the screen (i.e. "From GPS" or "From cell tower"). For more information on how
the handset establishes location fixes see Appendix A.
When viewing your location, Options enable you to store the location for future reference, find nearby points of interest, view a map of your location, or send your location to someone via a short text message (SMS)
Options when viewing your location:
Press Options on the 'Me' screen to display a list of actions you can take on your location.
The Options are:
1. Map
Display an interactive map of the location
2. Find Nearby
Find businesses near your current location
3. Save Location
Save the location to your to your MapQuest Find Me Address Book
4. Send Location
Send the location data to another phone
5. Refresh Location
Checks and displays more current location if available
6. Home
Return to the initial screen start up screen
7. Hide
Exit this pop-up screen and return to 'Me' screen
4.3.1.1 Map:
To view a map of
your location, highlight 'Map' on the options menu and press select. Alternatively,
you can also press 1 to view the map.
To pan the map, use
the left, right, up and down arrow keys. To zoom in or zoom out, press the Zoom key. A zoom level ladder is displayed
on the left of the map. The default is set at the 4th notch. Press the Up and Down arrow keys
to select a zoom level and press OK.
The map will be re-drawn at the selected zoom level. Once
a zoom level is set and the Back key
is pressed, that zoom level will remain in effect as the default until it is
changed or you terminate the application. If the arrow keys are used to pan, the
map will be redrawn after the edge of the original map is no longer viewable.
Press Back to return to the 'Me'
screen with the current address displayed.
4.3.1.2 Find Nearby:
This option enables
you to:
Browse a categorized list of businesses
and view a list of businesses that are either nearby your location or near
an address you key in
Search for businesses by business name
Search for any address
To view a list of
categorized points of interest from the Find Me options menu, highlight 'Find
Nearby' and press Select. Alternatively,
you can also press 2 on the numeric
key pad. The categories are:
1. Find Address
9. Coffee Shops
2. Find Business
10. Movie Theaters
3. Airports
11 Parks & Playgrounds
4. Hotels & Motels
12 Hospitals
5. Restaurants
13. Police Department
6. Gas Stations
14. Schools
7. Banks/ATMs
15. Post Offices
8. Shopping Center
To view a nearby
list of businesses in a category, highlight the desired category and press Select. A list of related businesses
will be displayed beginning with the closest to your location. For options you
can take with a business highlighted, please see the following section 4.4, Places.
To perform a search on any address, press Find Address and enter as much of the address (e.g. street, town, zip) as you know.
To perform a keyword
search, highlight 'Any Business' and press Select.
Enter a word you want to search for in
the establishment's name, and then choose the proximity. To find businesses
near your current location whose name contains the string you entered; select
'Find Near Me' by highlighting that line and pressing OK.
Press Back to return to the list of
POIs.
Press Find It to get a list of businesses
meeting your search criteria.
Press Back to return to the 'Me' screen
with the current address displayed.
4.3.1.3 Save Location
You can save your location to your Address Book for future
reference.
To save your location, highlight 'Save Location' and press Select.
is highlighted to display the 'Save Location' input form screen. Alternatively,
you can press 3 from the numeric key pad.
Enter a name into
the 'Save Location as' field. If the name does not already exist, the location
is stored with the name you provide. If
you choose not to name this location, a name is created from the concatenation
of the phone number, time, and date (e.g. 16178889068 at 10:05 AM
01/23/05). You can edit this label through the web address book.
4.3.1.4 Send Location
To send your
location to someone, highlight 'Send Location' and press Select. Alternatively, you can press 4 on the numeric keypad.
Enter the cell phone
number of the person you wish to send your location to and press 'Send'.
Your location will
be sent by SMS to the user's phone.
To view the current locations of members in a group, select the desired group (e.g. Family, Friends, Work, Others). This will display the last known location, the time and date and the method used for establishing the location (i.e. GPS or cell tower).
Press Options to display a list of actions you can take on a location.
The options are:
1. Call
Enables you to place call directly to the person highlighted
A key feature of MapQuest Find Me is the ability to share your location information with others also using the service. Currently MapQuest Find Me is only available on the Nextel network for java phones that are GPS enabled.
Key features include the ability to locate individuals, view maps of their location, get directions to where they are, call them directly, find points of interest nearby them.
NOTE: all invitations are reciprocal. You can view their location and they can view yours. You can at any time turn off your visibility (See Settings section). This will prevent anyone from viewing your location but enable you to still locate nearby points of interest, get driving directions etc.
From the "People" menu, there are two selections available to sending invitations and viewing their status.
4.3.3.1 Invite Person
To invite a person to share location information, select the "Invite Person:" option and complete the form that is displayed.
Name
Enter the name of the person or some other appropriate label. This will appear as the individuals screen name both on the handset as well as on your web account
Phone number
Enter the mobile phone number of the person you want to share location information with.
Group
Assign the person to the desired group: Family, Friends, Work or Other
When complete press Invite. An invitation will be sent. The recipient will see this both on their handset as well as in their web account. They can accept or decline. Until they respond they will be listed as pending (see below). If they accept you will automatically see them listed in the group you assigned them to. If they decline, they will be removed from pending.
4.3.3.2 Invitations
The invitations screen displays three options.
Pending
Select "Pending" to view a list of outstanding invitations you have made to others
Incoming
Select "Incoming" to view invitations that have been extended to you. To respond to an invitation, highlight it and press Select. You will then be prompted to accept or decline the invitation.
Invite Person
Select this option to extend an invitation to someone as explained above.
Browse a categorized list of businesses
and view businesses that are either nearby your location or near an
address you key in
Search for businesses by business name
Search for any address
Press Select when 'Find Nearby' is
highlighted to display a list of Points-of-Interest (POI). You can also press 2 on the numeric key pad. This is currently a pre-determined list of
categories:
1. Find Address
9. Coffee Shops
2. Find Business
10. Movie Theaters
3. Airports
11 Parks & Playgrounds
4. Hotels & Motels
12 Hospitals
5. Restaurants
13. Police Department
6. Gas Stations
14. Schools
7. Banks/ATMs
15. Post Offices
8. Shopping Center
Press Select while the cursor is on 'Any
Business' to get a screen where you can enter either the name of an
establishment or a word found in the name of the business. Or you can press the numeric 1 key and press 'OK'. Selecting any of the
pre-determined POIs, will skip the search screens and display a list of
establishments within that POI category.
Press Back to return to the initial menu with
the four icons.
To choose POI,
highlight the POI by either using the up and down arrow or pressing the numeric
key corresponding to the POI. Then press
OK.
POIs with double digit numbers must be highlighted by using the up and
down arrow keys to navigate to that POI.
After selecting a POI, a pop-up screen appears with the choices of
Find Near Me
Find By Address
Hide
To get a list of(16 maximum) establishments near your current
location, press the numeric 1 key or
press OK when the 'Find Near Me' option is highlighted.
To get a list of(16 maximum) establishments near an address
(address; city and state; or zipcode) press 2
key or press OK when 'Find by
Address' is highlighted.
Either the city and state or zip code must be entered. Otherwise, you can enter the amount of detail
you want to use as the central location for finding nearby establishments in
that POI category.
Press Back to return to the list of
POIs.
Press Find It to get a list of businesses
meeting your requirement.
When a business is
highlighted, the address is displayed along with the distance between that
establishment and the last location of the phone or the address you entered.
While the cursor is
on the address, press OK or Options to get a list of functions you
can perform on the selected address.
As you place the
cursor on an item in the list, the address is displayed along with the distance
between that establishment and the last location of the phone. Pressing the sequence number of the
establishment is a short cut to placing the cursor on that line.
While the cursor is
on the address, press OK or Options to get a list of functions you
can perform on the selected address.
1. Call
Enter the phone operating system to call the establishment
2. Directions
Display step by step directions to this
establishment from the current location
3. Map
Display an interactive map of the establishment
4. Save Location
Send the establishment's location to your Address Book
5. Send Location
Send the establishment's location data to
another phone via a text message.
6. Home
Return to the initial screen start up
7. Hide
Exit this pop-up screen and return to the prior screen
Press the Select
key while 'Call' is highlighted to enter into the phone's calling module. You
can also press the number 1 on the
numeric key pad. While in this module,
press OK to start the call. At this point you have entered the phone's
operating system and have suspended the MapQuest Find
Me application.You can
re-enter MapQuest Find Me after making the call by restarting MapQuest Find Me
from the Java Apps menu.
NOTE: When you elect to place a call you are also suspending
the application. To return to Find Me
after ending your call:
Press OK when the
cursor is on the "Directions" option to get directions from your phone to this
establishment. Alternatively, you can also press 2 on the numeric key pad.
The directions are displayed. Scroll up and down with the
arrow keys to view the directions. Each turn has it's own section. Sections alternate between highlighted and
not highlighted. Also each section is
numbered for your viewing convenience.
You cannot go to a section of the directions by pressing the
assigned number on the numeric key pad.
At the end of the directions the last section will say
"Arrive at" Establishment, where Establishment is the POI establishment you selected. The arrow keys will keep cycling through the
directions until you press the Back
key.
Press the Select key
when 'Map' is highlighted to display an interactive map of the hotel's
location. The screen will map the
location of the selected business.
The map is interactive with Zoom and Panning capabilities.
Use the arrow keys to pan left, right up and down. To zoom in or zoom out, press the Zoom key. The default is set at the 4th notch. Press the Up and Down arrow keys
to select a zoom level and press OK.
Once a zoom level is set and the Back key is pressed, that zoom level
will remain the default until it is changed. If the arrow keys are used to pan,
panning past the edge of the displayed map will re-display the map with new
boundaries.
Displaying the map will temporarily remove the bottom action
bar to give more space for the map.
Press the OK key
to redisplay the Back and Zoom choices on the screen.
Press Back to
return to the screen with the establishment's
address.
You can save your location to your Address Book for future
reference.
To save your location, highlight 'Save Location' and press Select.
is highlighted to display the "Save Location" input form screen. Alternatively,
you can press 3 from the numeric key
pad.
The name of the
business is displayed. To keep this as a label press Save. You can delete this and enter an alternative label of you
choosing.
A confirmation will
be displayed. Press Done to return
to your point of interest list.
Press Select when "Send Location" is
highlighted to display the "Send Location" screen containing a form field for a
cell phone number. The text of what
will be sent is displayed under the phone number field.
Press the Cancel key to return to the "Me" screen.
Enter the phone
number and press Send.A status screen displays indicating the
message was sent.
Press Done to return to the "Me"
screen which displays the current location information.
Press OK when the cursor is on the 'Address
Book' menu item and a screen will display a list of names in the web-based
location Address Book. When you start
MapQuest Find Me, the current list in your web-based location Address Book is
downloaded to your phone and the entire list is available to you. The list contains names and addresses only.
The list is a list of names under which the address is stored.
If you have added to your Address Book while signed onto your on-online account,
you will need to 'Refresh' the phone's Address Book to get the newest entries
onto your phone.
As you move the
cursor up and down the address list, the name field expands to display the
address.
Press Options to get the pop-up window with a
list of functions that can be performed on the highlighted address.
Press the Back (left soft key) to return to the initial screen. Press Options (right soft
key) and a list pops up containing options to operate on this location
information. This list is the same as
the list in the 'Find Near Me' except for the call option. Since phone numbers are not stored in the
Address Book, the ability to call the location does not exist.
1. Call
Enters the phone operating system to call the establishment.
2. Directions
Displays step-by-step directions to this
establishment from the current location
3. Map
Display an interactive map of the establishment
4. Save Location
Send the establishment's location to your Address Book
5. Send Location
Send the establishment's location data to
another phone via a text message.
6. Home
Return to the initial screen start up
7. Hide
Exit this pop-up screen and return to the prior screen
See the description
of these options in the Places section of this
document.
Press Select on 'Refresh Screens' to update the menus on the handset. This function revises the location Address Book on the handset to reflect changes in the Address Book on the web site. It also updates MapQuest Find Me menus to provide additional functionality. For example, the POI category list could change or a new feature could be added. This function displays a small pop-up to indicate when it has completed the refresh. Press any key to continue.
Press Select when
'Edit PIN' is highlighted to change the PIN on your handset. Exercise caution when doing this. For MapQuest Find Me to function properly,
the PIN on the handset must match the PIN on the web site. If you change the
PIN to a number that doesn't match the PIN for the handset's phone number on
the web site, you will get an error message when trying to display the current
address, the current map or any of the 'get directions' functions of the
MapQuest Find Me application.
The PIN must be 4
digits and match the PIN on the web site.
Press Cancel to exit this
screen without changing the PIN on the handset.
Press Save to store the PIN
you entered to the handset and update the PIN on the web site. After saving or canceling, the 'Settings'
screen is re-displayed.
Press Select while 'GPS Interval' is
highlighted to change the time between GPS data requests made by MapQuest
Find Me. The highlighted and
checked item is the current GPS Interval for the handset. The larger this
interval, the longer the handset battery lasts. The application will make data requests to the
GPS satellites every x minutes (x is the number of minutes selected from
the list).
Press OK while the frequency you want your
handset application to use is highlighted.
Then press Save. This will store the setting in the handset for use
until you change it again. To keep the
current setting (which is highlighted and selected when the screen is initially
displayed), press Cancel. After saving or canceling, the 'Settings'
screen is re-displayed.
Press Select while 'Tower interval' is
highlighted to change the time between cell tower data requests made by MapQuest
Find Me. The highlighted item
with the solid radio button is the current cell tower interval for the
handset. This value is supplemental to
the GPS data. The application will make
data requests for the closest cell tower location every x minutes (x is the number of minutes selected from the list).
Press OK when the frequency you want your
handset application to use is highlighted.
Then press Save. This setting
is then stored in the handset and will be the setting used by the application
until it is changed and stored again. To
keep the current setting (which is highlighted when the screen is initially
displayed), press Cancel.After saving or canceling, the 'Settings'
screen is re-displayed.
Press Select when 'Visibility' is highlighted to display the current value for the 'Visibility' setting. 'Visibility' determines whether or not to
store GPS and Cell Tower data on the web
site. It also controls what data for
this handset can be viewed on the web.
If 'Visibility' is
set to 'On', when the handset sends the GPS or Tower location data to the web,
it is stored and available for viewing within your web account.
If 'Visibility is
set to 'Off', when the most recent location data is sent to the web, it just
retrieves the MapQuest address and map
data. That information is sent to the
handset for display. In this state, the
GPS or Cell Tower data is not stored on the web. Also, when 'Visibility' is 'Off', the only
data visible on the web is that data stored while 'Visibility' was last set to
'On'.
Press Save to change the 'Visibility' to the highlighted
value.
Press Cancel to keep the current value of 'Visibility' as
displayed.
Help:
Press Select
while 'Help' is highlighted to display the Help screen.
To use Find Me on the web, login to your account with the user name and password you created by following the steps in section: Creating Your Web Account. In your browser, enter the url:
http://findme.mapquest.com and enter your user name and password in the two fields on the page.
NOTE: If you have forgotten your password, click on the 'Forgot My Password' link and you can use the information on your handset to have your user name and a new password sent to you at the email address you entered when you created your web-based Find Me account.
After you login, a location screen with multiple levels of functionality is displayed. The tabs on the top of the page maneuver you through the 4 main areas of your account:
These are described in subsequent sections of this document.
The default view when you first login is the address and map of the last known location of your handset. You will always return to this view when you select the Find People tab. You can determine that you are in the 'Find People' section by the muted color of the 'Find People' tab and the content of the screen. If there is no available GPS map location data for your handset or your visibility is set to 'OFF', you will not see a map, but a message indicating that there is no location data for this handset. To see location data for a handset,' visibility' must be turned 'ON' in the Settings section of MapQuest Findme on your handset and you must have obtained a GPS position with your handset. You cannot change the visibility setting via the web site.
The sections of the Location screen are:
The tabs on the top of the screen which maneuver you to other sections of the account.
Links displayed under the tabs which manage the view of the current map and addresses
Map and Address frames which display the address text and map based on the link you have selected for the current view.
Under the map, are two links that manage the display of the map. You can refresh to get the most recent data displayed or you can create a large, easy-to-read, zoomable map.
At the lower right corner, if you have been invited to share locations with another MapQuest Findme user, you will see a message indicating the number of pending invitations in your account.
The first row of links determines whose data to display. You can choose to only look at your data (default) by selecting 'Me'.
MapQuest Find Me has 4 groups to which you can assign other MapQuest Find Me users:
Family
Friends
Work
Others
You can also elect to view all of the handsets in your account (union of all the groups).
You can invite and be invited (similar to instant messaging applications) to have your location viewed by friends, family or co-workers. Invitations are two way and if your invitation was accepted by another MapQuest Find Me user with visibility set to On their handset, their location will be viewable to you. You just select the group you assigned them to and you will see a thumbnail view of their location and others in that group.
To view the current location of members of a specific group, click on that link. If you choose ‘Friends’, a screen containing thumbnail maps and addresses of the latest known position of each person in that group will be displayed.
NOTE: each person must have visibility set to ON on their handset in order to be viewable on the web site. If any individual sets their visibility to OFF, their position will not be available to be viewed on the web and a text message will be displayed in place of their map indicating that visibility must be on in order for location data to be displayed.
The thumbnail maps are not interactive. You can view the current locations for all handsets by pressing the Map of All button on the bottom of the page. This will create one interactive, zoomable map with data points for each handset in your account. Each phone will be represented by an icon which is defined in the right hand frame with the handset’s label and current location. Pressing the Details for the handset in the address frame zoom in to the current location for that handset.
MapQuest Find Me stores data for the current day and the previous day. The timeframe displays you can choose are:
Latest - displays the latest data point for the handset(s)
Today - displays the routes and locations stored today for the selected handset
Last 24 Hours – displays the routes and locations stored for the last 24 hours for the selected handset
Yesterday – displays the routes and locations stored yesterday for the selected handset
If you have chosen your own location to view, the timeframe links are displayed above the map and address section of the screen. The large red dot indicates the last position stored for the handset.
For any of the time frames chosen except Latest, you will also see a route showing MapQuest’s best estimate of the routes taken for that time period given the GPS locations stored.
If you chose to view locations for a group or all handsets, the screen will not contain the timeframe links. The links with multiple data points are only available for one handset at a time. You will, however see a page with multiple maps and addresses. There will be one map/address for each handset in the group. The map will display the most recent location stored for each handset. Each map/address contains a link labeled Details. This link will display a larger, zoomable map. At this point you can choose the timeframe to see multiple data points for this handset.
If you choose to view all the individual handset current locations on one map by clicking on View Map of All will have one map with multiple icons on it and to the right of the map, a scrollable frame listing the most recent location data for each handset. The most recent location will be a link that will zoom in to that location on the current map. To choose a time frame for an individual handset, you will need to go back to the thumbnail view and select Details for the handset you want to view.
Once you have a page with the interactive map displayed, you can manipulate the map in a number of ways. The maps use the same manipulation conventions as the maps on the MapQuest.com site.
By default, clicking on the interior of the map frame will make that point the center point of the map. At the bottom of the map, you can set this action (clicking on the interior of the map) to Zoom. Then every click on the map will zoom in one more zoom level until the lowest zoom level is reached. You can also set the zoom level by clicking on a rung on the zoom ladder on the left side of the map.
You can pan the map by using the pan triangles on the border of the map.
The Refresh below the map will update the map with the most recent location data in the database.
The View Large Map button will open a new window with a larger, interactive map that you can perform the same manipulations on. This page has no frame with addresses in it. It just contains the map and manipulation links. To close the large map and return to the previous page, just close the browser window.
The Address Book tab gives you access to the entries in your MapQuest Find Me Address Book. You can create new entries or edit or delete current entries. Addresses are also entered into the Address Book from the handset when you elect to save a location after a search or when you elect to save an address of a MapQuest Find Me user location/address in the Find People.
The initial AddressBook screen contains a list of all the addresses in your address book. On the AddressBook screen is a button : Add Location. Pressing this button will display a form with Name and Address fields. Enter the information for an address you wish to save. Press the Next button to display a map of that address. If you are satisfied that all the information for that address is correct and that the map displays the correct location, press the Next button to save this entry into your address book.
Press the Back button to return to the previous screen to modify the address information.
Press the Cancel if you do not want this data entered into your address book. Cancel or Next return you to the front page of the address book.
On the front page of the address book, you can delete addresses or edit them by choosing the appropriate link.
The addresses in your address book are sent to your phone when you start the MapQuest Find Me application on your handset or when you choose Refresh Screens under settings on your handset. They are also updated on your handset if you select the Refresh book option item in the option list associated with the address book on your handset. The addresses in your address book can only be deleted by users designated as Administrative users in your MapQuest Find Me account.
Your handset will only download the 20 most recent addresses in your on-line address book.
MapQuest Find Me provides an alerting service for addresses and handsets in your account. For any address in your address book and any handset in your account, you can have an email or SMS text message alert sent to the person with the master user account. The alerts tab is only available to users with 'Admin' status. If you have created user accounts for others to view locations in your account, they will not see the Alerts tab when they log into the site.
When you select the Alerts tab, the initial view will be a list of the alerts you have already created. The columns are:
Location Name of the alert location. This will be an address found in your address book
Phone Name or label of the phone in your account that will trigger the alert
Event Type of trigger: Enter (<-) ; Exit (->); Both (<=>)
Edit|Delete Links for editing and deleting existing alerts.
To create an alert, click on the Create New Alert button on the right hand side of the screen. This will create a screen with two columns. The first column will contain a list of locations from your address book preceded by radio buttons. The second column will be a list of handsets in your account. Select one from each column. You are selecting the handset and place you want to monitor.
When you press the Next button, the next screen displays the Location and phone you chose as well as a thumbnail map of the location with a circle around it. The circle indicates the radius which defaults to 660 feet. You can make the radius larger or smaller by changing the number in the radius field.
The radius can be very small but it will be ineffective. GPS accuracy is accurate within 50 meters. If you make the alert smaller than that, you could get false alerts or so many that it becomes a nuisance.
Select an Alert Event. The address is defined as the area of the circle the radius creates around the address. You can choose to be notified if a handset enters the address, exits the address or whenever the handset moves into or out of the address area .
Indicate which notification method or methods you want to use. When an alert is triggered by a handset crossing the boundary of the address (defined by the radius), you can be sent an email or an SMS text message or both. Since you registered with both an email address and a phone number, MapQuest Find Me can use either or both of these notification methods. Select the method(s) by checking the check box(es).
Press Nextto store this alert in your account. The alerts are effective immediately.
When you choose to edit an entry in a group a form is displayed that contains a text box for changing the name you recognize the handset by and radio buttons for changing which group the handset is assigned to.
The column headings are:
Group Name Name of the group containing this person
Name Name of the person in this group. This can be different from the label the
individual assigned to their phone. It is the name you assigned to the handset.
Phone Number Cell phone number for the handset
Date Added Date the invitation was accepted
edit|delete Links to editing or deleting handsets from a group.
When you choose to edit an entry in a group a form is displayed that contains a text box for changing the name you recognize the handset by and radio buttons for changing which group the handset is assigned to.
Choosing to delete a handset will effectively dissolve the permissions between your account and the handset you delete. You will no longer be able to view location data for the deleted handset AND the owner of the handset will find your name and phone number removed from the group your handset was assigned to. CAUTION: There is no 'undelete' procedure. To regain access to this handset's data , you will need to go through the invitation process again.
When you select 'Viewers', a screen displays a list of all the web-site users you have created. There are two types of users:
Master Created when the account is set up, cannot be deleted and manages all aspects of the account.
Viewer Created by the Master user and only has rights to view locations of handsets in the account.
When Viewers is selected, the initial screen displays a list of user names, their type (Master or Viewer) and Edit|Delete links. To add a new viewer, click on the Add Viewer button in the upper right corner of the page. You will need the following information:
First & Last Name
User Name
Password
Email Address
Answer to a Security Question
Whether creating or editing a user, the same form is displayed. Enter the first and last name of the user. Then enter a user name and password and password confirmation. The user name must be unique within the MapQuest Find Me database of Find Me users. Even if a user has been deleted from an account, that user name is still not available for re-use. Once a user name is stored it is unusable to anyone else who wants to use that user name.
The email address, secret question and secret answer are used when it is necessary to send a new password when if the viewer forgets the assigned password.
Once you have created a new user, it will be added to the list of viewers on the Viewers page.
When you select 'Invitations', you will get a list of pending invitations. If the invitation was extended by you, from your account or handset, the status of pending will be displayed as text.
Accepting an Invitation: If the invitation was extended by someone else to you, the pending status will be a link that will give you the option to accept or reject sharing your information with the other MapQuest Find Me user. If you choose ‘yes' and press the Next button, another form will display with fields for naming the handset and selecting the group in which to place it. Pressing Next will save this entry and display the 'Groups' page.
Extending an Invitation: To invite another MapQuest Find Me user to share location information, press the ‘Send New Invitation' button. You will get the same form as if you had accepted an invitation. Enter a name for the person you are inviting, what group you want them to reside in and their cell phone number. Then press the Next button. Invitations have an expiration date (Invitees have approximately 1 month to respond). If an invitee has not responded after the expiration date, the invitation is rescinded. Those who have not accepted your invitation yet will display in the screen with a status of 'pending'. Those who have accepted your invitation will display in the page for the group you assigned them to.
By selecting the 'Phone' link, you can change the label you assigned to your phone. This label is displayed in maps and in the address lists to the right of the maps.
is the icon displayed for MapQuest Find Me. Press OK and the application will start and display the 4 initial icons on the screen.