Where am I? (Tetracom v0.6.3+)

In-app map for “where am I right now?”

The Talk tab has a Where am I? button that drops a pin on a map at your current location. Useful when you’re trying to figure out where you are (lost, new city, hiking turn-off) without leaving the Tetracom app.

Starting in v0.6.3, the button opens an in-app map instead of throwing you out to Google Maps. You can still hand off to Google Maps from the in-app view if you want satellite imagery, directions, or Street View — there’s a button for that on the map screen.

Using the button

Open Tetracom and tap the Talk tab.
Tap the Where am I? button.
The first time you tap it, Android asks you to grant precise (FINE) location permission. Tap While using the app. (If you’ve granted it before for another feature like Send my location, no prompt is shown.)
The map screen opens. After a moment, Tetracom drops a blue pin at your current position and zooms in. The status line above the map reads “Your current location”.

Tetracom asks the phone for a fresh, high-accuracy fix every time you tap the button — not a cached one. If you’ve recently moved, the pin will reflect the new spot, not the spot where you were a few minutes ago. Indoors and in cities, the fix may take a few seconds while GPS settles.

Switching to Google Maps

The in-app map is fine for “a pin on a street grid” but it doesn’t do satellite imagery, directions, traffic, or Street View. If you want any of that:

On the in-app map, tap the Open in Google Maps button.
Google Maps opens with a pin at the same coordinates Tetracom got from the phone.
Tap and drag, switch to Satellite, ask for directions — whatever you need.
Use the back gesture or the back arrow to return to Tetracom when you’re done.

If Google Maps isn’t installed on your phone, Tetracom falls back to whichever app Android picks for a geo: link — usually Maps, sometimes a third-party Maps app, sometimes a web browser pointed at https://www.google.com/maps. Either way you’ll see the same pin.

What happens if you decline the permission

If you tap Deny on the location permission prompt, the map screen opens with the status line “Location permission needed” and no pin. The Open in Google Maps button is grayed out (no coordinates to pass through).

To grant the permission later: Settings → Apps → Tetracom → Permissions → Location → Precise (While using the app). Then re-tap Where am I? on the Talk tab.

What stays private

The pin is local to your phone. Tetracom does NOT send your location anywhere when you tap Where am I?. It’s a one-way query: phone → FusedLocationProvider → map view. No server call, no contact notified.
Sending your location to a contact is a separate feature (the Location button on the Contacts tab, or the Send my location dialog). See the main user help index for those flows.

Older versions

In Tetracom v0.6.2 and earlier, the Where am I? button fired an external geo: intent and threw you straight to Google Maps. If you’re running a pre-v0.6.3 build and want the in-app map, update to v0.6.3 via the install link on the Tetracom landing page (tetracom.me) or the in-app update prompt if your phone is configured for it.