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GPS/Sensor
When positioning is taking a long time
Under the following conditions, successful positioning may take 2 to 3 minutes even when
reception is good.
When positioning is performed for the first time
When reception has been poor for a significant time
After changing the battery
When the camera has been left for a significant time without being turned on
When the camera has been moved a long way from the last location of successful recept ion
When [GPS Setting] is set to [OFF]
When [Airplane Mode] is set to [ON] and this unit is turned off
Using GPS assist data can reduce the time required for positioning. (P128, 131)
Displayed location name information
Country/region
Prefecture/state
City/ward/county
Town/village
Landmark
Latitude/longitude (displayed by pressing [DISP.] several times to switch among the environment
information screen)
The location name information and latitude/longitude displayed on success of the positioning
are recorded in the recorded still pictures and motion pictures¢. When playing back images,
[ ] is displayed on those with which location name information have been recorded, and
[ ] is displayed on those with which location information have been recorded.
¢Information can only be recorded when recording using [MP4] or [FHD/60p/ ]/[FHD/60i/ ]/[HD/
60p/ ] in [AVCHD]. Note that only the information measured at the start of the recording is
recorded.
Valid information for the current position is displayed as location name information by searching
the location names and landmarks in the database in this unit based on the latitude/longitude
from the positioning. (It may not display the closest location.)
[---] is displayed when there is no valid information even when the positioning is successful.
Even when the location name information is displayed as [---], it may be possible to s elect the
location name information with [GPS Area Select] (P126).
Desired landmark may not be registered. Location name information is as of October 2012. For
details of the types of landmark, refer to Landmark types on P246.
Location name information (location names or landmark names) may be different from the of ficial
names.
Immediately after positioning has been achieved (and until the location name information can
be displayed), only latitude/longitude is recorded in the recorded image. Even if a positioning
attempt has failed during recording, location information may be recorded later when an
attempt succeeds.
When playing back images containing only latitude/longitude, you can add loc ation name
information.