I've created a super simple way to share your location. You simply go to mapme.in and then you get a unique link to text, tweet, email to a friend from your phone, tablet or desktop.

I decided to create this after a night out trying to describe where I was to friend. It was too much hassle spelling the street name and I wished I could of texted her a link. They weren't familiar with area.

Appreciate any feedback, its super simple! :-)

Doesn't show anything if you have location services off (Safari, MacBook Air).

It was too much hassle spelling the street name and I wished I could of texted her a link.

WhatsApp -> send my location.

WhatsApp costs 69p and is lame. At least this free I guess.

I like how practical it is. I normally use WhatsApp or LINE for this, but even on my laptop the geolocation is fairly accurate.

Bug report:

I get an offset between what I see when I generate a location to what it shows using the URL on an incognito window. Correct one on the left, wrong one on the right:

http://f.cl.ly/items/2D261R141A082F3G2V2w/cafe.png

http://mapme.in/5298

(Yes, I just shared my location publicly on the internet. I'll be fine.)

New bug report!

It seems you are reusing four digit IDs? The address space might not be big enough for HN! My previous link is now showing a location in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

You're right. Thanks for the improvement report! I'll get on it right away.

Glad I could help. Nice project!

Yeah 4 digit id's seems a little crazy... Why so low??

I will change this to over 9000! :)

Hi guys! Thanks for your feedback. Using your suggestion, I've now updated the 4 digit IDs to 10 digits :)

Shows location of my ISP provider , google maps on phone using triangulation is accurate

Same thing here.

I then hit F5 and it told me I was in Germany.

Nice little project. The map placed me in the middle of a river, made me laugh

This is petrifying. My computer knows exactly where I am sitting.

Very simple service, I wish there were more like this.

Hmmm, this was rather out for me. I got: http://mapme.in/1515 however I live almost 5 miles away from there.