GPS

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.

••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. Additionally, it will be recorded to AVCHD motion pictures that have motion picture quality settings without the [  ] in the motion picture icon. (→153)

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 ] (with location information) and/or [   ] (with place name information) is

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displayed during playback for pictures that are recorded with location or 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.

●●Only the location information will be recorded for pictures recorded immediately after positioning was executed successfully (until place name information appears). However, even if positioning failed during recording, location information may be recorded later once the position becomes available.

••During playback, you can add the place name information to pictures recorded with only the location information.

Place name information

The place name displayed for place name information is determined 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.)

••Nearby place names and landmarks may be displayed instead of your actual location depending on the detected position.

••[---] may be displayed even if positioning is executed successfully depending on the detected position. In some cases, you can select place name information by using [GPS Area Select]. (→263)

••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 October 2012. (Type of landmarks (→326))

●●Place name information (place name and landmark name) may be different from the official names in some cases.

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