Position Requests - Nokia N76-1 Positioning

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 upon 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
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, such as addresses, to them. You
can use your saved landmarks in compatible applications,
such as GPS data.
The coordinates in the GPS are expressed in degrees and
decimal degrees format using the international WGS-84
coordinate system.
To create a new landmark, select
landmark. If your device is connected to a compatible GPS
receiver, you can make a positioning request for the
coordinates of your current location. Select
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Tools > Connectivity > Landmarks.
Options > New
Current
position to retrieve the position information. To enter the
position information manually, select
To edit or add information to a saved landmark (for
example, a street address), scroll to a landmark, and press
. Scroll to the desired field and enter the information.
You can sort your landmarks into the preset categories,
and create new categories. To edit and create new
landmark categories, press
Options > Edit categories.
To add a landmark to a category, scroll to the landmark in
Landmarks, and select Options
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. Your received landmarks are placed
in the Inbox folder in Messaging.
GPS data
Press , and select Tools
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.
Enter manually.
in Landmarks, and select
> Add to category. Scroll
> Connectivity > GPS data.