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Logging Camera Location Data

Article ID: ART134950 | Date published: 05/13/2015 | Date last updated: 11/16/2015
 

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Logging Camera Location Data

Solution

Logging Camera Location Data

You can keep a record of where the camera was taken by using location information acquired from GPS satellite signals over a period of time. Daily location and time data is logged to a file, separate from image data. Log files can be reviewed on the camera, and with the provided software you can use log files to follow the route taken with the camera on a map. Since the date will be updated, and information location will be logged continually whether or not the camera is on, battery life will be reduced even when the camera is off. You may find the battery to be nearly depleted when turning the camera on. Charge the battery as needed, or keep a spare charged battery with you.

 

Activate GPS.

  • Follow steps 1 – 2 to configure the setting.

Configure the setting.

  • Press the MENU button, and then press the   buttons to choose [On].
  • To restore the original setting, repeat this process but choose [Off].

Finish the setup process.

  • When you press the   button, a message about the logger is displayed. Be sure to read the message.
    • The icon shown with your shots indicates the GPS reception status at that time
    • The logger function will operate, and the date, time and location information based on signals acquired from GPS satellites will be logged to the camera.
  • The logger will continue to function even when the camera is turned off.

Save the GPS log files to the memory card.

  • When you turn off the camera, a message about the logger is displayed. The location information, date and time will be saved to the memory card. This information will not remain on the camera.
  • If the camera is off and you want to remove the memory card when the logger is being used, turn the camera on, then turn it off again before removing the memory card.
  • The location information, date and time will be saved to the memory card when you do any of the following things.

-Display the log files

-Display the date/time setting screen

-Display the time zone setting screen

Removing the battery after step 4 will deactivate the logger. To reactivate the logger after battery replacement, turn the camera on and then off again.

Saving GPS log files is not possible when the memory card writeprotect tab is in the locked position. Make sure the tab is set to the unlocked side.

Location information, date and time will be saved to the memory card when the camera is turned off or when displaying log files. For this reason, if the camera is off and you want to remove the memory card when the logger is being used, turn the camera on, then turn it off again before removing the memory card.

When using the logger function, exercise caution when turning the camera over to another person, as the date and time, and logged location information will remain on the camera until it is saved to a memory card (even if the battery is depleted).

Be careful when formatting memory cards, because the GPS log file will also be erased.

You can also configure logger settings from the menu.

 


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