IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF RECORDING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH LOCATION UPON IMAGE SENSING TOGETHER WITH SENSED IMAGE DATA, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

There is disclosed an image recording apparatus which automatically records location information that the user can easily understand in an image recording apparatus which records a sensed image and location information associated with the image sensing location of that image in association with each other. An image recording apparatus of this invention includes an area information reception unit for acquiring area information broadcasted by an external apparatus such as a wireless base station or the like, and automatically acquires information associated with an area where the image recording apparatus is located. The apparatus records a sensed image signal and area information in association with each other.