Methods and apparatus for orienteering

A method of orienteering with a smart device, the method comprising the steps of:

• l) supporting a first receiver and a second receiver with an agent, the first receiver and the second receiver each capable of receiving logical communications;
• m) maintaining the agent at a set position relative to a ground plane, wirelessly receiving a first data set from a first set of multiple reference transmitters into the first receiver with the first receiver located at a first physical position;
• n) maintaining the agent at the set position relative to the ground plane, wirelessly receiving a second data set from a second set of multiple reference transmitters into the second receiver with the second receiver located at a second physical position;
• o) with the smart device, determining first X, Y and Z coordinates of the first physical position based upon the first data set;
• p) with the smart device, determining second X, Y and Z coordinates of the second physical position based upon the second data set;
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• q) generating a direction of interest relative to one of the first physical position and the second physical position based upon the first X, Y and Z coordinates and further based upon the second X, Y and Z coordinates.

A method of determining a geospatial point and direction of interest, the method comprising the steps of:

• r) supporting a smart device with an agent, the smart device comprising a wireless transceiver capable of receiving logical communications;
• s) establishing a ground plane position for the agent;
• t) generating a first set of X, Y and Z coordinates via wireless communication with multiple reference position transceivers, the first set of X, Y and Z coordinates descriptive of a first geospatial position of the smart device while the smart device is supported by the agent and the agent is maintained at the ground plane position;
• u) transitioning the smart device to a second geospatial position while the smart device is supported by the agent at the ground plane position;
• v) generating a second set of X, Y and Z coordinates via wireless communication with multiple reference position transceivers, the second set of X, Y and Z coordinates descriptive of the second geospatial position while the smart device remains supported by the agent and the agent continues to be maintained at the ground plane position;
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• w) generating a ray comprising a direction based upon the first set of X, Y and Z coordinates and the second set of X, Y and Z coordinates.

A method of orienteering with a smart device, the method comprising the steps of

• aa) placing a smart device in logical communication with a first wireless position device and a second wireless position device, each of the first wireless position device and the second wireless communication device capable of receiving wireless transmissions;
• bb) supporting the first wireless position device and the second wireless position via an agent at a first geospatial position;
• cc) wirelessly communicating a first data set between, a first positional reference transceiver, a second positional reference transceiver and a third positional reference transceiver, and the first wireless position device with the agent maintained at the first geospatial position;
• dd) wirelessly communicating a second data set between, the first positional reference transceiver, the second positional reference transceiver and the third positional reference transceiver, and the second wireless position device with the agent maintained at the first geospatial position;
• ee) determining X, Y and Z coordinates of the first wireless position device, and X, Y and Z coordinates of the second wireless position device based upon the first data set;
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• ff) generating a direction of interest relative to the X, Y and Z coordinates of the first wireless position device, and X, Y and Z coordinates of the second wireless position device, while maintaining the agent at the first geospatial position.