Send where you are, in the fewest bytes.
Your GPS position as one short text, with map links, for the moment the network is too jammed for anything else.
A fix in seconds
Your position from GPS, with its accuracy and age, even with no bars. A Plus Code, and the nearest street address when it can be looked up.
One text, about 130 characters
Pick the pieces: coordinates, Plus Code, address, and links for five map apps. A live count shows how many texts it takes.
Favourites, then send
Tap a favourite and Message opens your messaging app with everything filled in. Or copy the text, or share it to WhatsApp, Signal, or email.
About Locatus
Locatus reads your phone's GPS position and hands a short text to your messaging app: your coordinates, a Plus Code, and links that open in Google Maps, Apple Maps, Waze, Organic Maps, or HERE WeGo. You choose what goes in and who it goes to, and you press send. Locatus never sends anything itself.
It is for the moment the network is jammed. A packed street on a holiday night, a stadium letting out, a festival: data times out and location sharing spins, but a short text usually gets through. GPS needs no signal at all, and your friend opens the link in whatever map app they already have, offline if need be.
There is no account, no server, no ads, and no analytics. Nothing leaves your phone except the text you send, and your friend does not need Locatus, only a phone that can open a link or read a coordinate.
Common questions
Does my friend need Locatus?
No. The text carries plain coordinates and ordinary links. Any phone that can open a link, or search a coordinate in a map app, can use it, including offline map apps.
Does it work with no signal?
The position comes from GPS, which needs no cell service, so the fix and the message work in airplane mode. Sending the text needs whatever signal your messaging app can find, and a short text usually gets through a network that is too busy for data.
What does Locatus collect?
Nothing. There is no account and no server. Favourites and settings stay on the phone, and your position leaves it only inside a text you send yourself.