Between those two cameras, I suggest the Nikon.

The Sony uses a budget wide angle lens that is soft at the right/left sides of the photos.

Soft means not-sharp.

It also has 16 megapixel which is too many pixels on such a small sensor assembly.
That results in a loss of detail.

Read this:

http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/sony-cyber-shot-dsc/4505-6501_7-34469439.html

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Regarding GPS.
It has some advantages, you could locate where the photos were taken.
But that may not be a good thing for someone in the military.
If any of those photos were posted on the internet, the enemy could locate his EXACT position.

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