Nokia N97 white User Guide - Page 82

GPS data, Route guidance, Retrieve position information, Trip meter, Add to category

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Add to category - Add a landmark to a category in Landmarks. Select each category to which you want to add the landmark. Send - Send one or several landmarks to a compatible device. Your received landmarks are placed in the Inbox folder in Messaging. You can sort your landmarks into preset categories, and create new categories. To edit and create new landmark categories, open the categories tab, and select Options > Edit categories. GPS data GPS data is designed to provide route guidance information to a selected destination, position information about your current location, and traveling information, such as the approximate distance to the destination and approximate duration of travel. Select Menu > Applications > Location and GPS data. Route guidance Select Menu > Applications > Location and GPS data > Navigation. Start the route guidance outdoors. If started indoors, the GPS receiver may not receive the necessary information from the satellites. Route guidance is designed to show the straightest route and the shortest distance to the destination, measured in a straight line. Any obstacles on the route, such as buildings and natural obstacles, are ignored. Differences in altitude are not taken into account when calculating the distance. Route guidance is active only when you move. To set your trip destination, select Options > Set destination and a landmark as the destination, or enter the latitude and longitude coordinates. To clear the destination set for your trip, select Stop navigation. Retrieve position information You can view the position information of your current location and an estimate of the accuracy of the location. Select Menu > Applications > Location and GPS data > Position. Save your current location as a landmark Select Options > Save position. Landmarks can be used in other compatible applications and transferred between compatible devices. Trip meter Select Menu > Applications > Location and GPS data > Trip distance. The trip meter has limited accuracy, and rounding errors may occur. Accuracy can also be affected by availability and quality of GPS signals. 82 © 2009 Nokia. All rights reserved.

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Add to category
— Add a landmark to a category in
Landmarks. Select each category to which you want to add
the landmark.
Send
— Send one or several landmarks to a compatible
device. Your received landmarks are placed in the Inbox
folder in Messaging.
You can sort your landmarks into preset categories, and
create new categories. To edit and create new landmark
categories, open the categories tab, and select
Options
>
Edit categories
.
GPS data
GPS data is designed to provide route guidance information
to a selected destination, position information about your
current location, and traveling information, such as the
approximate distance to the destination and approximate
duration of travel.
Select
Menu
>
Applications
>
Location
and
GPS data
.
Route guidance
Select
Menu
>
Applications
>
Location
and
GPS data
>
Navigation
.
Start the route guidance outdoors. If started indoors, the GPS
receiver may not receive the necessary information from the
satellites.
Route guidance is designed to show the straightest route and
the shortest distance to the destination, measured in a
straight line. Any obstacles on the route, such as buildings
and natural obstacles, are ignored. Differences in altitude are
not taken into account when calculating the distance. Route
guidance is active only when you move.
To set your trip destination, select
Options
>
Set
destination
and a landmark as the destination, or enter the
latitude and longitude coordinates.
To clear the destination set for your trip, select
Stop
navigation
.
Retrieve position information
You can view the position information of your current
location and an estimate of the accuracy of the location.
Select
Menu
>
Applications
>
Location
and
GPS data
>
Position
.
Save your current location as a landmark
Select
Options
>
Save position
. Landmarks can be used in
other compatible applications and transferred between
compatible devices.
Trip meter
Select
Menu
>
Applications
>
Location
and
GPS data
>
Trip distance
.
The trip meter has limited accuracy, and rounding errors may
occur. Accuracy can also be affected by availability and quality
of GPS signals.
© 2009 Nokia. All rights reserved.
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