the present invention discloses a method for obtaining the direction of a target location through a handset , which includes : the handset obtains geographical information of a current location and that of the target location , determines a geographical meridian line of the current location and a angle of this geographical meridian line displayed on the screen of the handset ; the handset determines the direction from the current location to the target location according to geographical information of the current location and that of the target location , determines an included angle between this direction and the geographical meridian line . according to the included angle and that of the geographical meridian line displayed on its screen , the handset determines the direction displayed on the screen of the handset from the current location to the target location , and displays the direction of the target location on the screen according to the displayed direction . the present invention solves the problem that existing handsets cannot provide the direction of the target location for the user . the user can confirm the direction of the target location through the handset .