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title: "The Map & Sharing Your Location - Help Desk - mssgs"
description: "See friends on the map, choose who sees you and how precisely, freeze your spot and share a place in a chat."
canonical: https://mss.gs/en/help/stories-map/map-location
language: en
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# The Map & Sharing Your Location

See friends on the map, choose who sees you and how precisely, freeze your spot and share a place in a chat.

The **Map** tab shows the friends who share their location with you, and public posts around you. Sharing is always your choice, friend by friend.

## Share your location with a friend

*Tap a friend on the map for their card.*

Sharing stays on until you stop it. There is no timer to forget.

## Tap a friend

Their card shows how far away they are, with **View Profile**, **Share location**, **Follow** (keep the map on them) and **Open in maps** for directions in Apple Maps or Google Maps.

## Freeze your location

With [Premium](https://mss.gs/en/help/account/credits-premium) you can **freeze** your location for a friend: they see you at the spot you choose until you unfreeze.

## Share a place in a chat

Tap an empty spot on the map to drop a pin, then **Share location** and pick the chats. It arrives as a map card.

## Map tools

The **…** button opens **Range radar**, **What others see**, **Shared with**, **Who looked**, **Travel filters** and **Map settings**.

## Settings for the map

- **Settings → Locations**: name the places you visit often, like Home or Work. Friends then see the name instead of an address.

- **Settings → Map & Filters**: the map style (Default, Satellite, Streets, Outdoors), traffic, city photo filters and whether the map remembers where you left it.

- **Settings → DM Settings → Friend's Location**: what shows under a friend's name in your chats. No location, the place label only, or the label and city.

*Settings → Locations.*

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