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 reception

When [GPS Setting] is set to [OFF]

When [Airplane Mode] is set to [ON] and the power is turned off

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¢.

For images containing such information, [] is displayed at playback.

¢Information can only be recorded when recording using [MP4] or [GFS]/[GS] 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 select the location name information with [GPS Area Select] (P119).

Desired landmark may not be registered. Location name information is as of December 2011. For details of the types of landmark, refer to Landmark typeson P189.

Location name information (location names or landmark names) may be different from the official names.

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