Google Maps Gets More Social

"You can now also invite Latitude friends to check in at Hotpot locales by sending them a request directly from the app. In other words, if you don't feel like actually texting or calling somebody to ask them to meet you at Starbucks, you can just check in there with Latitude and have the app start nagging them for you."

I'll admit that I haven't gotten into Latitude or Hotpot (a.k.a. Places) much, so this update doesn't add much new for me, but it seems like it could be a cool new feature for some. Is this something that you see yourself using?