A virtual image eliminating apparatus and its method at the time when the
position of a radio wave transmitting source is measured, in which the
virtual image is eliminated automatically with high reliability, are
provided. The virtual image eliminating apparatus provides plural bearing
measuring instruments and a controlling and displaying instrument. The
controlling and displaying instrument receives the measured results from
the plural bearing measuring instruments. The controlling and displaying
instrument calculates estimated radio wave transmitting intensity in all
of the combinations of bearing lines, which formed an intersection point.
And the controlling and displaying instrument judges whether each of the
intersection points is a real image or a virtual image based on the
difference between the estimated radio wave transmitting intensity in one
combination of the bearing lines formed the intersection point. And the
controlling and displaying instrument displays the bearing lines and the
real image and the virtual image.