How do I locate or teleport to a friend without them sending me an invite?

[Peggy Paperdoll]

If the person is on your friends list you can ask them to allow their location to be seen by you......you can then TP to them.  Otherwise, the answer is no.  You must have their permission to TP to you in either case.

 

Why do you want to sneak up on anyone?  Whenever I see these things, I think there's a motive somewhere that is less than honorable.  Sorry, that's just the way I am.

[Peggy Paperdoll]

If the person is on your friends list you can ask them to allow their location to be seen by you......you can then TP to them.  Otherwise, the answer is no.  You must have their permission to TP to you in either case.

 

Why do you want to sneak up on anyone?  Whenever I see these things, I think there's a motive somewhere that is less than honorable.  Sorry, that's just the way I am.

[Cinnamon Lohner]

It's possible if the friend allows it as there is a setting in the friends profile for that.  But no, not as you have asked for.  You can find out if anyone is online.....that's a simple thing.  But knowing where they are on the grid is far more complex unless they decide to disclose that location to you in their friends list.

--Cinn

[Nalates Urriah]

There are viewers with Radar that allow you to find people and tp to them. The range is limited. 512m ? I've seen ranges listed up to 4,098m but I've never tried to tp or cam to anyone that far away.

Some viewers allow you to send the camera to them without a tp, if you really want ot be sneaky. But, that too has a range limit.

There are stalker HUD's that have various capabilities. That these tools are labeled 'spy' and similar things should give you some clue they are not favorably looked on by the majority of residents.

Just as there are HUD's for finding people, there are HUD's that warn people when they are being spied on or people are approaching.

Don't get all excited about getting spy devices. A new parcel setting is in the works that will allow a privacy setting. It is server side so it will presumably be harder to defeat. 

[bee Baroque]

ah, yes - the unannounced visit. always a crowd pleaser!

[Lyra Blackthorne]

You have the answers on how to do this but suggest that you may not want to....often people who send random teleports, mass im's and/or appear unannounced or invited, find themselves removed from friends lists.  There are many things you "can" do in SL but that doesn't mean you "should"

RL courtesy still applies