Sony Xperia Z5 Compact - Viewing Your Photos on a Map

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Viewing Your Photos on a Map

Adding location information to photos is referred to as geotagging. You can view and tag

your photos on a map and show friends and family where you were when you took a

particular photo. See

Saving a Photo’s Geographic Location

on page 106 for more

information.

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View geotagged photos in Globe view

2

Search a location on the map

3

View menu options

4

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

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A group of photos or videos geotagged with the same location

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

To Add or Edit the Geotag of a Photo

1

When you are viewing a photo, tap the screen to display the toolbars.

2

Tap , then tap

Add geotag or Edit geotag to open the map screen.

3

Tap on the map to set the location for the photo.

4

To reset the location for the photo, tap the new location on the map.

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When you are done, tap

OK.

If you have turned on location detection and activated geotagging in the camera, you can tag

your photos directly for map viewing at a later stage.

To View Geotagged Photos on a Map

1

From your

Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Album.

3

Tap , then tap

Places.

4

Tap the photo that you want to view on a map.

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 all photos in

the group, tap the cover photo, then tap one of the thumbnails at the bottom of the screen.

To View Geotagged Photos on a Globe

1

From your

Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Album.

3

Tap , then tap

Places > .

4

Tap the photo that you want to view on a globe.

To change the geotag of a photo

1

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

frame turns blue, then tap the desired location on the map.

2

Tap

OK.

To Change the Map View

When viewing the map in Album, tap , then switch between

Classic view and Satellite

view.

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