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Position requests, Landmarks, GPS data - manual

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Positioning (GPS) coordinates of your location with three satellites. However, the accuracy is generally better when more satellites are found. Position requests You may receive a request from a network service to receive your position information. Service providers may offer information about local topics, such as weather or traffic conditions, based on the location of your device. When you receive a position request, a message is displayed showing the service that is making the request. Select Accept to allow your position information to be sent or Reject to deny the request. Landmarks 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. You can sort your landmarks into preset categories, and create new categories. To edit and create new landmark categories, scroll right in Landmarks, and select Options > Edit categories. To add a landmark to a category, scroll to the landmark in Landmarks, and select Options > Add to category. Scroll to each category to which you want to add the landmark, and select it. Press , and select Tools > Connectivity > Landmarks. With Landmarks, you can save the position information of specific locations in your device. You can sort the To send one or several landmarks to a compatible device, select Options > Send, and the method. Your received landmarks are placed in the Inbox folder in Messaging. saved locations into different categories, such as GPS data 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 data is designed to provide route guidance 34 GPS coordinates are expressed in degrees and decimal degrees format using the international WGS-84 information to a selected destination, position information about your current location, and traveling coordinate system.

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coordinates of your location with three satellites.
However, the accuracy is generally better when more
satellites are found.
Position requests
You may receive a request from a network service to
receive your position information. Service providers
may offer information about local topics, such as
weather or traffic conditions, based on the location of
your device.
When you receive a position request, a message is
displayed showing the service that is making the
request. Select
Accept
to allow your position
information to be sent or
Reject
to deny the request.
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.
You can sort your landmarks into preset categories,
and create new categories. To edit and create new
landmark categories, scroll right in Landmarks, and
select
Options
>
Edit categories
.
To add a landmark to a category, scroll to the 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
, and the method. 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
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