Landmarks

Press , and select Tools > Connectivity > Landmarks.

With Landmarks, you can save the position information of specific locations in your device. You can sort the saved locations into different categories, such as business, and add other information to them, such as addresses. You can use your saved landmarks in compatible applications, such as GPS data and Maps.

GPS coordinates are expressed in degrees and decimal degrees format using the international WGS-84 coordinate system.

To create a new landmark, select Options > New landmark. To make a positioning request for your current location, select Current position. To enter the position information manually, select Enter manually.

To edit or add information to a saved landmark (for example, a street address), scroll to a landmark, and select Options > Edit. Scroll to the desired field, and enter the information.

To view the landmark on the map, select Options > Show on map. To create a route to the location, select Options > Navigate using map.

You can sort your landmarks into preset categories, and create new categories. To edit and create new

landmark categories, scroll right in Landmarks, and

(GPS)

select Options > Edit categories.

 

 

 

To add a landmark to a category, scroll to the

Positioning

landmark in Landmarks, and select Options

> Add

to category. Scroll to each category to which you

 

want to add the landmark, and select it.

 

 

To send one or several landmarks to a compatible device, select Options > Send. Your received landmarks are placed in the Inbox folder in Messaging.

GPS data

GPS data is designed to provide route guidance information to a selected destination, position information about your current location, and traveling information, such as the approximate distance to the destination and approximate duration of travel.

Press

, and select Tools > Connectivity > GPS

data.

 

The coordinates in the GPS are expressed in degrees

 

and decimal degrees format using the international

 

WGS-84 coordinate system.

 

To use GPS data, the GPS receiver of your device

 

must initially receive position information from at

 

least four satellites to calculate the coordinates of

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your location. When the initial calculation has been

 

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