￿ Using the GPS facilities (8)

 

 

settings

The GPS system can display information re-

While using all other GPS facilities, you can

Phone/Call

 

lating to the latitude, longitude, altitude,

only receive calls. In all cases the GPS fea-

 

UTC (Universal Time Coordinated, previously

tures are suspended during calls.

 

’Greenwich Time’) time and date.

Note:

 

 

 

While you are using the location track fea-

 

 

 

To use the GPS facilities successfully, the mo-

 

ture, you still can make and receive calls (see

bile phone must have a good view of the

 

page 52).

 

open sky.

 

 

Network

 

 

 

 

 

￿ Display your current position (8-1)

 

 

 

 

 

You can display the latitude, longitude, alti-

￿Save position as way point

 

tude, date and time of your current position,

The GPS data are displayed in units of de-

 

save it under a way point name or send it as

 

 

grees, minutes and seconds; you can save

 

an SMS

message. The ’Z’ after the time

 

the position by assigning it for instance to

Alert

stamp indicates UTC.

the name of the place.

 

 

 

 

To display data of your current position:

Press

Options

&

 

 

 

Menu > GPS Manager > Current

Sound

Select

 

The way point list is displayed

 

Position

Select a storage location

 

After a while (this may last up to

 

If a location is selected where

 

several minutes), the current lati-

 

another way point is already

 

 

tude and longitude data is dis-

 

stored, it will be overwritten with-

 

 

 

 

 

played

 

out warning.

 

Press

￿to display altitude data and

 

The GPS editor is displayed

Statistics/Info

 

time/date

Enter a name to designate the position

Press ￿to display latitude and

Press

Save

 

 

longitude data again

 

 

 

 

￿Send position as SMS

Saved way points can be referred to by the

 

menu item Way Points.

 

Press

Options

 

 

 

 

Select

Send as SMS

 

 

 

 

 

The SMS editor (see page 23) with

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the current GPS data is displayed

 

 

 

facilities

 

 

 

 

 

￿ Way point manager (8-2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

GPS

The way point manager shows the list with

The GPS NMEA protocol is used for transmit-

 

your saved way points (up to 25). You can

ting way points to the PC at 4800 Baud. You

 

display the data of a way point, edit and de-

can not change this.

 

lete the way points, send them as SMS. Or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

you may send them via a data cable to the

 

 

 

 

V.24/V.28 interface of a PC in order to track

 

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InternetWAP

your way manually.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hughes 7101 Using the GPS facilities, Display your current position, Way point manager, Save position as way point