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Tribe lets friends share their locationswitheach other while on the go. It does so by making it possibleforusers to easily share their devices gps coordinates withselectindividuals.In addition to visually sharing device locations, you canalsocreate shared map markers or waypoints for the benefit of allyourtribe members and securely message individuals or everyone intheirtribe. All transmitted and received user data is encryptedwhiletravelling via a secure socket.Tribe lets you select from a variety of open source mapstylestailored to various activities such as driving, cycling andhiking.Try an aerial view, or switch to something more specificlike acyclemap or a topographic map.You can also have multiple accounts per device, each tied totheemail address used during registration, so that you can useaspecific account for a specific activity or group of people.Forinstance, you could have distinct accounts for your familytribe,your work tribe and your cycling tribe. This gives you morecontrolover what data is shared between the users with whomyouinteract.Use Cases:Sports - cycling, hiking, running, boating, skiingMeeting People at a Location - place a map marker on themeetingpoint and view each others progress towards it.Travelling - see where everyone in your group is, mark placesofinterest and meeting points.Keeping Track of Family Members - see where everyone is, dropamarker where you want to meet.Keeping Track of Colleagues - see where your colleagues are,andshare locations of interests.Bicycle Commute Trains - see where your friends in the train areonthe map and watch their progress.Customer service - know where your customer is, let yourcustomerknow where you are, mark mutually relevant positions onthemap.Tourism - see where the tour starts, where the guide is, wherethetourists are, and mark important tour locations on themap.School Events - keep track of the class during field trips,sportingevents, or anytime you're outside of the classroom. Learnaboutcartography, geographic coordinate systems, andgeography.Convoy Driving ("follow me to [some place]...") - don't worryaboutlosing sight of the vehicle you are following because you canseetheir icon moving across the map, as well as the markeddestinationyou are both enroute to.Playing Tag :)Playing Hide and Seek :)More about data usage:In order to respect the users privacy as much as possiblewhiledelivering the desired features, the app stores only themostrecently received location from the device. There are norecords oftracks or logs of locations visited. Similarly, messagechains aretrimmed to the most recently replied to text, so thatthere is nomessage history beyond the immediate text one isreplying to. Wedon't share your email with anyone. Your email isused as a uniquekey to your Tribe account, for interacting withusers of Tribe, andto let the user send messages.If the user wishes to mark historical positions and savethem,map markers can be easily added by tapping the screen. Themarkerswill remain until someone in the tribe deletes them.Explanation of subscription cost: Split between appdevelopers,contributions to open source software projects, and themaintenanceof operating costs incurred by this app.Please note that this app requires an internet connectiontofunction properly and, depending on your service provider anddataplan, may cause service provider data transfer charges tobeincurred.Visit our website at http://tribe.posfoundations.com formoreinformation, or email [email protected]