My Location 12.02 for Android

My Location 12.02 is a free Android app by kaisquare that answers one question quickly: where am I exactly? It shows your current position on a map along with the street address and GPS coordinates, and lets you share, copy or save that information. You can download My Location for Android from Google Play.

Specifications

When it helps

Navigation apps are built to take you somewhere; My Location is built to tell you, and others, where you are. That is useful more often than it seems. When you call a roadside assistance service, a taxi or emergency services, reading out exact coordinates or a precise address saves time. Hikers and cyclists note coordinates of a trail junction or a parking spot. Delivery drivers and field technicians confirm a location for their reports. Travellers save the address of a hotel or a rental flat in a language they cannot read. The app gathers these small tasks in one screen: coordinates, the nearest address, a map, and ways to share or copy them. Accuracy depends on the phone's GPS signal; indoors or between tall buildings, the position can be off by a noticeable distance, so wait a moment for the fix to settle when precision matters.

Installation

1. Open the My Location page on Google Play and check that the developer is kaisquare.
2. Install the app and allow location access while using it.
3. Turn on high-accuracy location in the Android settings for the most precise results.

The developer posts news and release notes on the kaisquare blog.

Privacy tips

• Grant location access only while the app is in use, not all the time.
• Think before sharing your exact position publicly; send it only to people who need it.
• Delete screenshots or messages with your home coordinates on shared devices.

Reading coordinates

Coordinates are given as latitude and longitude. Emergency services, map apps and GPS devices all understand them, so copying the numbers exactly is more reliable than describing landmarks. Double-check the sign or the N/S and E/W letters when you read them out.

Battery tips

GPS is one of the bigger battery consumers on a phone. Close the app when you have what you need, and switch location off entirely when you do not use it.

Pros and cons

• Pro: coordinates, address and map on one screen.
• Pro: quick sharing by message.
• Pro: free and focused.
• Con: accuracy suffers indoors and in dense cities.
• Con: frequent GPS use drains the battery.

Alternatives

For sharing location continuously with family, our listings include Life360. For getting a ride to where you are, there is inDrive.