Glympse is a clever app for iPhone, Android, and Windows Mobile that lets you temporarily share your location via dynamically-updated maps that show where you are -- but only for as long as you want them to. Until now, the obvious application for the services has been to alert family members, friends, and coworkers to your whereabouts -- maybe because you're on your way to meet them somewhere and might be late.
Now Glympse has added a nifty bit of Facebook Connect integration that lets you embed a Glympse map in your Facebook wall. You can choose to make it either a one-time indication of your location-which Glympse describes as being similar to a Foursquare check-in, although it seems only vaguely related to me-or an auto-updating map that shows your travels for up to four hours. (That restriction is in place so you don't forget and let Glympse reveal your wanderings to the world without your knowledge.)
The Facebook integration makes Glympses a bit more public, and therefore a fun way to share vacations or other interesting travel. But I like the granularity of the control Glympse gives you: When you set up Facebook on your phone, you can set your Glympses to be shared with just friends, friends of friends, everyone, or several other settings -- including "Just Myself."
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