The invention relates to a method device for displaying, in a way that is easy for an operator, such as a pilot in an aircraft, to grasp and understand, the direction to objects (A, B) in the surrounding space. In accordance with the invention the object is projected onto a projection surface (3) comprised of the envelope surface of a conical solid of revolution, where the operator is somewhere vertically (h) on the axis of rotation (2) about which the envelope surface (3) is created. Thereafter, the operator observes, on a display surface (I) such as a viewing screen, a plan view from above of the conical envelope surface, where the horizontal direction (c, d) to the objects, and each object's height (a, b) compared to one's own height (h), represented by a circular curve (6), are easily read.
