SkieCan I get directions to where my child is?
Yes. The Skie dashboard has a Go to button next to your child's location. It opens directions from where you are to the position the device last reported, so you can start navigating without copying coordinates or typing an address.
When your child is somewhere unfamiliar, the question after where are they is how do I get there. Skie puts a Go to button on the location view for exactly that. Press it and your maps app opens with the device's position as the destination.
It uses the latest position the device reported. If you need a newer one, press Locate first and wait for the map to update, then press Go to. If the position is old, the time beside it tells you so, and you may want to call before you set off.
This is useful in ordinary situations as well as bad ones. A collection from a friend's house in a part of town you do not know, a tablet left at a relative's place, or a child who has missed the usual bus. It saves a minute that matters when you are worried.
Go to depends on the dashboard being open on your phone or computer and on whichever maps app you have installed. It is directions to a point on a map, not live turn by turn tracking of your child as they move.
Tip: save Skie's dashboard to the home screen of your own phone, so the Locate and Go to buttons are one tap away when you need them.