View north at the top of a map
By default, when you are tracking your movement, the direction that you are moving appears at the top of the map.
1.
On a map, press the
Menu
key.
2. Click
North Up
.
To view the direction that you are moving at the top of the map again, press the
Menu
key. Click
Track Up
.
Hide the tracking information at the bottom of a map
1.
When tracking your movement on a map, press the
Menu
key.
2. Click
Hide Dashboard
.
To view the tracking information again, press the
Menu
key. Click
Show Dashboard
.
Keep backlighting on when you track your movement
By default, backlighting turns off automatically after a timeout to conserve battery power. You can change map options so that backlighting
remains on when you track your movement unless the battery power level drops below a specified percentage.
1.
On a map, press the
Menu
key.
2. Click
Options
.
3. Change the
Backlight Timeout When
field.
4. Press the
Menu
key.
5. Click
Save
.
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Set how long backlighting remains on, 166
Geotag pictures that you take
To perform this task, if you don't have an internal GPS receiver, you must pair your BlackBerry® device with a Bluetooth® enabled GPS receiver
and set that GPS receiver to track your movement.
You can geotag (add the latitude and longitude coordinates for your current location) to pictures that you take so that you can view them on
a map.
Depending on your BlackBerry device, the camera or video camera feature might not be supported.
1.
On the Home screen, click the
Camera
icon.
2. Press the
Menu
key.
3. Click
Options
.
4. Change the
Geotagging
field to
Enabled
.
5. Press the
Menu
key.
6. Click
Save
.
To stop geotagging pictures that you take, set the
Geotagging
field to
Disabled
.
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