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Sat Sep  11 18:06 CET UPDATE: PlaceTrack finally approved for the App Store ($1.99) !!!

Sat Aug  7 00:05 CET UPDATE: PlaceTrack is now available on Cydia ($1.99)

(discussion and support page about this app)

PlaceTrack is the long-awaited background Google Latitude updater for iPhone (soon available on the App Store!)

After weeks of testing with the new iOS4 background features, yesterday night I finally submitted this application to the App Store: if all goes well, I should have it approved by Apple in a couple of weeks, just in time for the iOS4 GM release to the general public on June 21st.

FEATURES

• keeps Google Latitude up-to-date with your exact location: install the app, authenticate, enable background, quit and forget about it!
• check out where your contacts are (thumbnails are shown on map or list view) once you confirm each other as friends
• optional location history and KML export: you may export past locations by email as a KML file and see them on a Google Map or using Google Earth
• Facebook support: update your Facebook wall with location data, a map and an optional text
• battery friendly background mode: the application suspends on exit and is woken up only when you move significantly (detected using cell towers signal); most of the time it just sleeps and the GPS hardware is powered off to preserve battery
• automatic relaunch: if the application gets killed for whatever reason (eg, after a power cycle) and background mode was enabled, the application is automatically relaunched in the background on the first location change event
• location by email: send your current postal mail address along with gps coordinates and a small street map and a “directions” link. If your receipient uses an iPhone, the “directions” link launches the Maps application (on desktops it opens the Google maps website with your current coordinates)
• fake location support: you can disable GPS usage completely and input a fake place name to be used as your location. When you enter a fake location, background mode is temporarily disabled
• uses the new OS4.0 multitasking features on supported phone models (3GS and up)
• security: your Google credentials are securely transmitted from your iPhone directly to Google and never sent to our or any third party servers
• a settings page lets you tune most configurable parameters (gps accuracy, timeouts, local notifications, etc.)
• your current location (address and gps coordinates) with altitude and speed (if available) are always displayed on the application main screen and included in Facebook status updates
• the application may send local notification on particular events (location changes, network failures, authentication errors): you can set a notification threshold for the error severity level or turn off notifications completely
• find your iPhone easily: keep the background mode enabled and locate your iPhone through Latitude in case it gets lost or stolen! The application still runs after a phone reboot or power cycle, and updates your iPhone location

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