Portable terminal, travel path recording method and program storage medium

A method of recording a travel path of a portable terminal including a motion sensor that detects a movement, a position obtaining section that obtains a piece of position information representing a current position, a power control section that controls the position obtaining section, and a storage section that stores a history of pieces of position information, the method comprising:

• detecting a movement of the portable terminal with the motion sensor;
• obtaining a piece of position information of the current position of the portable terminal, by causing the power control section to activate the position obtaining section every time a movement of the portable terminal is detected in the detecting;
• and
• recording a piece of position information newly obtained in the obtaining into the storage section.

A storage medium that stores a program for recording a travel path of a portable terminal including a motion sensor that detects a movement, a position obtaining section that obtains a piece of position information representing a current position, a power control section that controls the position obtaining section, and a storage section that stores a history of pieces of position information, the program causing a computer to execute:

• detecting a movement of the portable terminal with the motion sensor;
• obtaining a piece of position information of the current position of the portable terminal, by causing the power control section to activate the position obtaining section every time a movement of the portable terminal is detected in the detecting;
• and
• recording a piece of position information newly obtained in the obtaining into the storage section.