nokia e71 review : GPS data - Landmarks - Edit landmarks -

GPS data

Select Menu > GPS > GPS data.

With GPS data, you can view your current location, find

your way to a desired location, and track distance.

Select Navigation to view navigating information to your

trip destination, Position to view positioning information

about your current location, or Trip dist. to view your

travelling information such as the distance and duration

you have travelled, and your average and maximum

speeds.

The application must receive positioning information

from at least four satellites to be used as a travelling aid.

The trip meter has limited accuracy, and rounding errors

may occur. Accuracy can also be affected by availability

and quality of GPS signals.

Use GPS data

To check the signal strength of the satellites that provide

the positioning information necessary for navigation,

open any of the three views and select Options >

Satellite

trip, select Navigation > Options > Set destination.

You can also enter the destination latitude and longitude

coordinates.

To remove the destination set for your trip, select

Navigation > Options > Stop navigation.

To save your current position as a landmark, select

Navigation or Position, and Options > Save position.

To activate the trip meter, select Trip distance >

Options > Start. To stop the trip meter, select Options >

Stop.

To reset all fields and start calculating the trip again, select

Trip distance > Options > Restart.

To change the measuring system in use, select Options >

Settings > Measurement system > Metric or

Imperial.

To enter the altitude calibration to correct the altitude

received from the positioning satellites, select Options >

Settings > Altitude calibration.

Landmarks

Select Menu > GPS > Landmarks.

Landmarks are coordinates to geographic locations that

you can save to your device for later use in different

location-based services. You can create landmarks using

the internal GPS receiver of your device or network

(network service).

Create a landmark

To create a landmark, select Options > New landmark.

Select Current position to make a network request for the

latitude and longitude coordinates of your current

location, Select from map to select the location from a

map, or Enter manually to fill in necessary location

information such as a name, category, address, latitude,

longitude, and altitude.

To show the landmark on the map, select Options >

Show on map.

Edit landmarks

To edit a landmark, select Options > Edit > Options and

from the following:

Select categories — Organise the landmark to a group

of similar landmarks. Select a category to modify

landmark information such as a name, category,

address, latitude, longitude, and altitude.

Retrieve current position — Request and

automatically fill in the geographical latitude and

longitude coordinates to make a landmark of your

current location.

Delete — Remove the landmark.

Landmark icon — Change the icon of the landmark.

Show on map — Show the landmark on the map.

Send — Send the landmark to compatible devices.

Editing options — Edit the phone numbers and URL

addresses assigned to the landmark.

Writing language — Change the writing language.

Landmark categories

You can see the landmark categories in two views: one

lists categories that already contain landmarks, and the

other lists all the categories your device has.

To view the landmarks that a category contains, scroll to

the category, and press the scroll key.

To create a new category, select Options > Edit

categories > Options > New category.

To move a landmark from one category to another, open

the landmarks tab, select the landmark, and Options >

Add to category. Select the old category to remove the

mark next to it. Select the category or categories to which

you want to add the landmark. Select Accept.

Receive landmarks

Select Menu > Communic. > Messaging.

Open a message that contains a landmark you have

received from another device. Scroll to the landmark, and

press the scroll key.

To save the landmark in your device, select Options >

Save.

To forward the landmark to compatible devices, select

Options > Send.

To show the received landmark on the map, select

Options > Show on map.

To find out how to navigate to the received landmark,

select Options > Show route.

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