[samrift]

It is not (for me). I manage people who's location I want to see in Latitude, which is a tool I use to see people's location.

With the combining, I need to manage an entire social networking tool in order to see locations. I just want the radio, not a car with a radio in it.

This in addition to convincing people who have never even heard of google+ that they should sign up and manage for themselves, rather than simply accept an invitation email and forget about it.

It's like asking for scissors, and being handed a giant swiss army knife. Sure, it has scissors in it - but they are not as good, harder to find, and mixed in with a bunch of stuff I just don't want or need.

[hahainternet]

> I need to manage an entire social networking tool in order to see locations.

This is hyperbole, you do not need to 'manage' anything. You put people in circles and you are done.

It's also very likely that your friends do have a Google account, so it's not really too far fetched.

Oh and for what it's worth, if someone handed me a swiss army knife instead of scissors, I would just use the scissors on it, but I guess ymmv.