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Latitude API helps your users find themselves

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Summary

The Latitude API, recently enhanced with OAuth 2.0 support, enables developers to create innovative location-based applications by accessing users' location history and current location, provided they have opted in to share this information. This API can be used to develop apps that track users' location history, like Latify, which helps users remember past locations, or to integrate location data with other datasets for comprehensive insights, such as aligning location history with transaction records or photo albums. Developers can also leverage the API to access users' current location for real-time applications, exemplified by Moveable Weather, which provides weather updates based on a user's current location. Additional features include storing, accessing, and deleting location history, and developers are encouraged to explore the documentation and existing applications for inspiration.

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