Change The Recorded Place Name Information - Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS6 Operating Instructions Manual

Recording the place of recording with GPS
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Recording Mode:
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When [GPS SETTING] is set to [ON] or
In Recording Mode, an icon that indicates the positioning status is displayed on the
LCD monitor.
Then, if positioning is successful, the location name information is displayed.
Location name Positioning
information (5 minutes
maximum)
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When using the camera for the first time or after not using it for a while,
positioning may take several minutes, because it may take some time to
acquire the orbit information from the GPS satellites.
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If positioning is successful, the current position is saved.
However, note that the saved position information is deleted in the following cases:
• When [GPS SETTING] is set to [OFF]
• When [GPS SETTING] is set to
• When the setup settings are reset with [RESET]
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In the following cases, the location name information that will be recorded on the
picture may vary significantly from the current position. Check the location name and
other information before recording.
• Immediately after turning on the camera's power • When the icon is something other than
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Positioning is not performed in the following situations:
• During motion picture recording • During audio recording
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Information recorded on recorded pictures
When positioning is successful, the current position is saved in the camera and the
latitude, longitude and location name information are recorded on the recorded still
pictures and motion pictures recorded in [AVCHD Lite(GPS REC)] or [MOTION JPEG].
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Information recorded on recorded pictures
• Latitude/longitude
• Location name information (country or region name/prefecture, state or province name/city or
town name/landmark name) ∗
∗ You can use the camera or the 'PHOTOfunSTUDIO' software on the supplied CD-ROM to check
the recording location of pictures or display them by location of recording.
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[GPS SETTING] is not available in the DMC-ZS6/DMC-ZS5.
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Record only (Cannot set)
Icon Status
Location name information exists (information
from the last 5 minutes).
Location name information exists (information
from 5 minutes to 1 hour ago).
Location name information exists (information
from 1 hour to 2 hours ago).
Location name information exists (information
from more than 2 hours ago).
Positioning failed (no location name information).
and then the camera's power is turned off
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The location name information consists of location names and landmarks that are
found via a search of the camera's database based on the latitude and longitude that
were acquired in positioning, and the most appropriate items are displayed in the
following order of priority. (Sometimes the nearest items are not displayed.)
Landmark names and the corresponding location names within 1 km of the current position
Location names for places with landmarks or other points of interest within 10 km of the current
position
• If there are no location names or landmarks that comply with the conditions above, "---" is
displayed. Even when "---" is displayed, in some cases location name information can be
selected in [GPS AREA SELECT].
• In some cases, the landmark that you are looking for may not have been registered. Landmarks
and other location name information are current as of February 2010. (Landmark types →173)
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The location name information (location name or landmark name) may be different
from the official name.

Change the recorded place name information

If positioning results and current position are different from each other, or if there are
other candidate locations, you can change the information to nearby place names or
landmarks.
Displayed when other location name information can be
selected.
Select [GPS AREA SELECT]
(→20), from the [TRAVEL
MODE] menu
Select the item to change
display
From the displayed
candidates, select the
desired place name or
landmark to be recorded
Return to the menu screen
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