Show Maps: Real-time map sharing, now on Facebook™

We recently released a beta version of Show Maps – an application that lets Facebook users share and annotate maps with others in real-time.

When using maps, people often share information about locations, plan trips together and mark places of interest. With Showdocument, our fully-featured web meeting and real-time collaboration tool, users can do all that online, in real-time. Due to the popularity of Facebook we released a version that can be used within Facebook, called ’Show Maps’.

Share and mark routes and places of interest…

Show Maps can be used for various purposes. For example, it can be used by jogging partners to mark a running route on a map, by real-estate agents who want to show each other property locations, or by those who plan a trip and mark places they are going to visit, as shown in the screenshot below.

A map being shared and annotated in Show Maps

A Facebook user can share and annotate on maps with a group of friends; Show Maps allows multi-user map sharing. While sharing maps, users can see their friends’ cursors on the map, chat by either using the standard Facebook chat or the built-in Show Maps chat. The maps and annotations can then be saved locally or published on Facebook!

Try Show Maps for yourself

You can find the application by searching for ‘Show Maps’ on Facebook, or by visiting the Show Maps Facebook page. Once you launch the application, you can invite others by clicking on the ‘Invite new participants’ button. From that point onward, you and your friends will all be seeing the same map and can add real-time annotations.

Like Showdocument, Show Maps is completely free!

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