Built-in Wi-Fi & GPS
The TG-870 is equipped with built-in Wi-Fi for easy photo sharing. It also possesses high-precision positioning functions such as the Assist GPS, useful in creating records of your outdoor activities and travels.
Built-in Wi-Fi for easy photo sharing
Images can easily be imported to a smartphone and uploaded to social networking sites with the dedicated Olympus Image Share smartphone app. Connecting to the smartphone is easy -- using your smartphone, just scan the QR code displayed on the camera display. It is also compatible with the Olympus Image Track (OI. Track) smartphone app for convenient use of positioning information. Import GPS logs and photos to a smartphone to display them on a map for a fun way to enjoy memories.
Olympus Image Share app for quick and easy photo sharing
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Easy QR code connections
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Image upload is also easy
Olympus Image Track smartphone app for recording and displaying the route travelled
The Olympus Image Track smartphone app allows you to update the GPS assist data via the camera's Wi-Fi capability and download GPS logs and photos to the smartphone for easy management on a map.
High-precision positioning function compatible with Assist GPS and GLONASS/QZSS
The GPS function on the TG-870 is compatible with GLONASS and QZSS, and acquires accurate positioning information. With support for GPS assist data, positioning speed is significantly improved when the GPS assist data information is updated ahead of time using a computer or smartphone.
- The A-GPS Utility Software PC app or the Olympus Image Track smartphone app is required to update the GPS assist data.
Logger function for recording the route travelled
Even when not in use, the TG-870 receives positioning data at specific intervals and records the route travelled. With the Olympus Viewer 3 PC app, Google Maps, and the Olympus Image Track smartphone app, you can see your photos and track your location.
Route travelled
- Google, Google Earth, and Google Maps are trademarks or registered trademarks of Google Inc.
- Because the GPS is not intended for use as accurate measurement functions, under no circumstances are measured values (such as: longitude and latitude, shooting direction) guaranteed. Information may differ from actual circumstances due to effects of events such as natural disasters.
- To use GPS Assist data, information must be updated via the Internet. A PC or smartphone with an internet connection is required. GPS assist data must be updated every 2 weeks.
- Depending on the country/region of use, different laws and regulations may be applicable regarding the use of the GPS function. Be sure to follow local laws and regulations.
- Be sure to turn off the GPS function in places where its use is forbidden or restricted, such as inside airplanes.
- As long as the logger is turned on, it continues to be active and draw power from the battery even when the camera is off.
- The camera is not equipped with a navigation function.
- GPS is a positioning measurement system that uses signals received from orbiting satellites. For better reception, avoid locations where signals can be blocked or reflected. Use the camera in as open location as possible where the sky is clearly visible.
- It may not be possible to obtain positioning information, or positioning information may be incorrect in the following locations: Indoors, underground or underwater, in forests, near tall buildings, near high-voltage lines, inside tunnels, near magnets, metal, or electronic appliances, near mobile phones that operate in the 1.5 GHz band.
- Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of Wi-Fi Alliance.
- The Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Logo is a certification mark of the Wi-Fi Alliance.
- Pictures are for illustrative purposes only. Screen captures are composite images.