Positioning method, positioning arrangement, bearing device and computer program product to be used in a positioning system

A method for positioning an object, in which method:

• a tracker (10) of an object positions (36) his location;
• the tracker's positioning result (27, 27a, 27b, 27c) is presented (36) on a map (22) on the display (21) of a mobile electronic device (12, 20) of the tracker;
• a radio transmission (14) is transmitted by a radio transmitter (13) carried by an object being positioned;
• a bearing is taken of the radio transmission (32-34) of the object being positioned by at least one bearing device (11);
• and
• a compass heading (28, 28a, 28b, 28c) of the object being positioned is determined (35) at the location at which the bearing is taken (27, 27a, 27b, 27c), characterized in that:
• the compass heading of the object being positioned is shown on the map (22) on the display (21) of the mobile electronic device (12, 20) of the tracker (10) starting from each location at which a bearing was taken (27, 27a, 27b, 27c).

A positioning arrangement, which comprises:

• means for determining a location (27, 27a, 27b) of a tracker (10) of an object;
• means for presenting the location of the tracker (27, 27a, 27b) and the object being positioned on an electronic map (22) on the display (21) of a mobile electronic device (12, 20) of the tracker;
• a radio transmitter (13) of the object being tracked;
• and
• at least one bearing device (11) for taking a bearing to the radio transmitter (13) of the object being tracked;
• an electronic compass (113) belonging to the bearing device (11) for determining a compass heading of the object being tracked at the location (27, 27a, 27b) at which the bearing is taken,
• characterized in that it further comprises:
• means for presenting the compass heading of the object being positioned on the basis of the bearing result, starting from each location at which a bearing was taken (27, 27a, 27b, 27c), on the map (22) on the display (21) of at least one mobile electronic device (12, 20) of the tracker (10).