Location services – Palm Pre P100EWW User Manual
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Chapter 8 : Web and wireless connections
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4
If you turned automatic IP settings off, enter any of the following:
IP Address
Subnet Address
Gateway
DNS Server:
addresses (#1 and #2)
5
Tap
Done
.
Location Services
The Location Services application provides information about your location
to applications that request it. For example, Google Maps may use your
location information if you need driving directions.
NOTE
Location Services is available only when Google Services are on.
1
Location Services
.
2
The first time you open Location Services you may be asked to review
and accept the terms of use, and decide whether to allow anonymous
data collection. Tap
Next
and do the following:
•
Review the terms of use.
•
If you decide not to allow anonymous data collection, tap the
checkmark to remove it.
•
Tap
Agree
or
Don’t Agree
.
3
Decide whether to enable auto locate, or whether you want to be
asked each time an application needs to know your location: Tap
Auto
Locate
or
Ask Each Time
.
4
To change settings after you accept the terms of use, tap
On
or
Off
for
any of the following:
Auto Locate:
If you turn Auto Locate off and an application
subsequently needs to know your location, a notification appears
asking if the application can identify your location. Tap
Allow
to turn
on Location Services for that session only.
Geotag Photos:
If Geotag Photos is turned on, photos are tagged
with the latitude and longitude coordinates of the location in which
they were taken.
Background Data Collection:
Turn on Background Data Collection to
allow the collection of anonymous aggregate location data to improve
the quality of the location services provided to applications that require
them.
DID
YOU
KNOW
?
The geotag data is stored as an Exif tag in the photo file, not
on the image itself. A common use of the geotag occurs in online photo services
like Photobucket and desktop applications like Google Earth, which use the data to
position the photo as a thumbnail on a map.