It sounds to me you're calling coordinates. Especially if you're in fog or smoke. It sounds like you're navigating so I would look at planes and time periods where the instrument panel wasn't computerized.
In my experience, notice I said My experience, its different for everybody I suppose, I noticed myself having recurring dreams. They were always centered around this man that I would go around with in his life, sometimes third person, sometimes in first. It got so I would dream about him every...