A location positioning apparatus comprising: a GPS radio wave receiver for receiving a radio wave of GPS; a location positioning processing unit for performing a location positioning process for positioning a current location based upon the radio wave of the GPS received by the GPS radio wave receiver; a visible satellite number determining unit for determining a number of visible satellites capable of receiving the radio wave of the GPS by the GPS radio wave receiver; and a location positioning process timeout instructing unit for outputting a location positioning process timeout instruction for timing out the location positioning process being performed by the location positioning processing unit, when an elapsed time since the location positioning process starts becomes any one of a plurality of timeout periods, in a case where the number of the visible satellites determined by the visible satellite number determining unit is smaller than a prescribed value, characterized in that the location positioning apparatus further comprises: a mobile telephone radio wave receiver for receiving a radio wave of a mobile telephone; a general location error determining unit for determining an error radius of a general location identified based upon the radio wave of the mobile telephone received by the mobile telephone radio wave receiver; and a timeout period setting unit for setting the plurality of timeout periods for timing out the location positioning process being performed by the location positioning processing unit according to the error radius of the general location determined by the general location error determining unit;. a GPS radio wave receiver for receiving a radio wave of GPS; a location positioning processing unit for performing a location positioning process for positioning a current location based upon the radio wave of the GPS received by the GPS radio wave receiver; a visible satellite number determining unit for determining a number of visible satellites capable of receiving the radio wave of the GPS by the GPS radio wave receiver; and a location positioning process timeout instructing unit for outputting a location positioning process timeout instruction for timing out the location positioning process being performed by the location positioning processing unit, when an elapsed time since the location positioning process starts becomes any one of a plurality of timeout periods, in a case where the number of the visible satellites determined by the visible satellite number determining unit is smaller than a prescribed value, characterized in that the location positioning apparatus further comprises: a mobile telephone radio wave receiver for receiving a radio wave of a mobile telephone; a general location error determining unit for determining an error radius of a general location identified based upon the radio wave of the mobile telephone received by the mobile telephone radio wave receiver; and a timeout period setting unit for setting the plurality of timeout periods for timing out the location positioning process being performed by the location positioning processing unit according to the error radius of the general location determined by the general location error determining unit;. a mobile telephone radio wave receiver for receiving a radio wave of a mobile telephone; a general location error determining unit for determining an error radius of a general location identified based upon the radio wave of the mobile telephone received by the mobile telephone radio wave receiver; and a timeout period setting unit for setting the plurality of timeout periods for timing out the location positioning process being performed by the location positioning processing unit according to the error radius of the general location determined by the general location error determining unit;.