Sony Xperia M - Viewing your photos on a map

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Viewing your photos on a map

If you enable location detection when taking photos, you can use the information

gathered at a later stage. For example, you can view your photos on a map and show

friends and family where you were when you took the photo. Adding location information

is also referred to as geotagging. When you enable location detection, you can select to

use either GPS satellites or wireless networks, or both, to find your position.

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Overview of Maps tile

1

Search a location on the map.

2

View menu options.

3

A group of photos and/or videos geotagged with the same location.

4

Double tap to zoom in. Pinch to zoom out. Drag to view different parts of the map.

5

Thumbnails of the selected group of photos and/or videos. Tap an item to view it in full screen.

To enable location detection

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Settings > Location services.

3

Mark the

GPS satellites and/or Google's location service checkboxes.

To view geotagged photos on a map in Album

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Album > My albums > Maps.

3

Tap a photo to view it in full screen.

4

If several photos were taken at the same location, only one of them appears on

the map. The total number of photos appears in the top right corner, for example,

. To view these photos, tap the cover photo and then tap one of the thumbnails

at the bottom of the screen.

When viewing a geotagged photo in the photo viewer, you can touch the screen to display the

toolbars, then tap to view the photo on the map.

To view geotagged photos on a globe in Album

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Album > My albums > Globe.

3

Tap a photo to view it in full screen.

4

If several photos were taken at the same location, only one of them appears on

the map. The total number of photos appears in the top right corner, for example,

. To view these photos, tap the cover photo and then tap one of the thumbnails

at the bottom of the screen.

When viewing a geotagged photo from the camera application, you can touch the screen to

display the toolbars, then tap to view the photo on the map.

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To add a geotag when viewing the map in Album

1

When viewing the map in Album, tap , then tap

Add geotag.

2

Find and tap the photo to which you want to add the geotag.

3

Tap the desired location on the map to set the geotag, then tap

OK.

To edit the geotag of a photo in Album

1

When viewing a photo on the map in Album, touch and hold the photo until its

frame turns blue.

2

Drag the photo to the new location.

You can also tap the desired location on the map instead of dragging.

To change the map view in Album

When viewing the map in Album, tap , then select

Classic view or Satellite view.