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Using the GPS function to record the location of a picture

■Information to be recorded on the pictures

When the camera successfully executes positioning, it records the following information
in still pictures and motion pictures∗ (except for the picture quality settings of [PSH],
[FSH], and [SH]).
• Location information (latitude and longitude)
• Place name information (Country/region, province/state, city/borough/county, town/
village, landmark)
∗ Only the information determined at the time when the recording was started is recorded.
Location information and place name information are stored in the camera after
positioning is executed successfully. The information is updated when the camera
executes a new positioning successfully.
●The is displayed during playback for pictures that are recorded with location and
place name information.
• The location information and place name information are not recorded on pictures
that are recorded when the positioning result icon is displayed. [---] will appear
during playback. (Since no location information is stored in the camera, you cannot
perform [Edit GPS Data] (→137, 138).)
• Only the location information will be recorded for pictures recorded immediately after
positioning was executed successfully (until place name information appears). During
playback, you can add the place name information to pictures recorded with only the
location information.

■Place name information

The most appropriate place name is displayed for place name information by searching
for place names and landmarks from the database of this camera based on the latitude
and longitude of positioning. (In some cases, the nearest place name or landmark may
not be displayed.)
• If an appropriate place name or landmark is not found in the database of this camera,
[---] will appear even if positioning is executed successfully. Even if [---] is displayed,
in some cases you can select the place name information by using [GPS Area
Select]. (→136)
• There are also cases where the landmarks you are looking for may not be registered
in the camera database. Place name information such as landmarks is current as of
December 2011. (Type of landmarks (→196))
●Place name information (place name and landmark name) may be different from the
official names in some cases.