Ipoki allows its members to share their current location in real time with other users. To do so, the actual geolocation of the users is usually fixed per GPS.  Further one can view, for instance, where one’s friends are at that moment and follow their tracks on either Google Maps or Google Earth, any where on the globe. As stated by the Ipoki-makers on their portal, this service helps to find people, follow their whereabouts and to remain in contact with them, whether in La Coruña, San Francisco, Stockholm or Cape Town.

This service is achieved with the help of an Ipoki-plugin, a small application installed on a GPS-capable mobile device – cell phone, smart-phone, PDA or PocketPC. However, even without such a device, it is still possible to use this GPS Community – one can manually enter one’s location on the website. Whether or not automatic or updated manually, users have complete control as to whom may access their position data: everyone, friends or no one.

Whoever wishes can also use Ipoki to geo-locate photos for Flickr, using photos taken with GPS-enabled cell phones, and also contribute similarly coded Live Videos via Qik.