Google Maps is one of the most useful tools available. Knowing how to find where you are right now on Google Maps is vital to navigation.

Learn how to use the Google Maps API to add maps to your Android app, and how to request access to the user's location, using the new 6.0 permissions model.

If you own an Android phone or tablet, you can easily share your location with friends of family with Google Maps or a few other ways.

Here are the methods on how to share your Google Maps location in Android, PC, Mac, and iOS. (Photo : Kevin Nixon/Future via Getty Images)A man using Google Maps on an iPad to find his way around ...

You can share your location between an iPhone and Android device by using Google Maps' "Share your location" feature, built into the app. Here's how.

Select how long you want to share your location. Choose the people you want to share your location with (you may have to give Google Maps access to your contacts here).