Location Notifications (Ex) Chrome Extension

 Show notifications of your location sharing friends and more. (Works with Google Maps location sharing!)

Story & Features:

Season #2:

(Previously on season 1: There once was a 'Latitude Notifications' extension for Google Latitude, an I was a happy user, until Google killed Latitude. After months without notifications, I rewrote the old extension to work with Google+ location sharing.)

Recently, Google moved location sharing from Google+ back to Google Maps again. Since I have foresee this problem years ago, and architected this extension accordingly, this time I am able to quickly adapt to the change.

To continue receiving location notifications, please install the new 'Google Maps Location Provider' extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/aoiaobnnbepbkgepbccipipllpmoegjk

Hint for new users: click on the 'Ex' at the top of the configurations page for more controls and configurations.

Season #1:

I was once a happy user of Latitude Notifications ... until Google decided to kill Latitude with only a short notice... :(

After weeks without location updates, I decided to create my own 'clone' of Latitude Notifications, but takes Google+ location sharing as source.

It turned out to be more than a clone. :D The old code was almost completely rewritten, with two major features:

1. The location source is split from the notification.

This extension is only the notification module, which can take location updates from arbitrary sources; I have created another extension to track Google+ location updates and channel information to this module.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ggedjgnelceocdippaplkifmgeknklbe

The downside is that you have to install two extensions, but the up side is that, in case Google decide to make another switch later, adapting to new location provider is much less painful.

2. The notification function has been greatly enhanced.

I made use of the latest rich notification. When you enter the 'Ex' mode, you have an option to enable a small map on each notification. (Please refer to image #4 and #5)

You can also customize the notification level (i.e. move across town, move in town), as well as specifying a threshold to filter out jitters (ignore random small movements).

How to install Location Notifications (Ex) chrome extension in chrome Browser

You can Follow the below Step By Step procedure to install the Location Notifications (Ex) Chrome Extension to your Chrome Web browser.

• Step 1: Go to the Chrome webstore https://chrome.google.com/webstore or download the extension Location Notifications (Ex) Chrome Extension Download from https://pluginsaddonsextensions.com
• Step 2: Now search for the Location Notifications (Ex) in Chrome Webstore Search and click on the search button.
• Step 3: click on the Location Notifications (Ex) Chrome Extension Link
• Step 4: in the next page click on the Add to Chrome button to Download and Install the Location Notifications (Ex) extension for your Chrome Web browser .