A method for spatial operation of a lightbulb , the lightbulb including a plurality of indexed light emitting elements , each light emitting element of the plurality associated with a respective light emitting element identifier and a respective known position, wherein each light emitting element identifier of the plurality is stored, the method comprising: • associating each light emitting element identifier, of the plurality of light emitting element identifiers, with a respective origination timestamp by progressing the lightbulb through a predetermined orientation pattern, the orientation pattern comprising sequentially operating subsets of the plurality of light emitting elements, each subset comprising a respective light emitting element associated with a respective light emitting element identifier, in a high emission mode, wherein operating a subset of the plurality of light emitting elements in the high emission mode comprises operating the respective light emitting element associated with the respective light emitting element identifier in the high emission mode at the respective origination timestamp; • receiving, from an external device associated with an external reference point, data associated with measurements of light emitted by the lightbulb during lightbulb progression through the orientation pattern, wherein each measurement is associated with a recordation timestamp, wherein the measurements comprise a brightest light measurement; • identifying a light emitting element identifier, of the plurality of light emitting element identifiers, wherein the respective origination timestamp is within a threshold time duration of the recordation timestamp, the recordation timestamp corresponding to the brightest light measurement; and • storing the light emitting element identifier in association with an identifier for the external device . • associating each light emitting element identifier, of the plurality of light emitting element identifiers, with a respective origination timestamp by progressing the lightbulb through a predetermined orientation pattern, the orientation pattern comprising sequentially operating subsets of the plurality of light emitting elements, each subset comprising a respective light emitting element associated with a respective light emitting element identifier, in a high emission mode, wherein operating a subset of the plurality of light emitting elements in the high emission mode comprises operating the respective light emitting element associated with the respective light emitting element identifier in the high emission mode at the respective origination timestamp; • receiving, from an external device associated with an external reference point, data associated with measurements of light emitted by the lightbulb during lightbulb progression through the orientation pattern, wherein each measurement is associated with a recordation timestamp, wherein the measurements comprise a brightest light measurement; • identifying a light emitting element identifier, of the plurality of light emitting element identifiers, wherein the respective origination timestamp is within a threshold time duration of the recordation timestamp, the recordation timestamp corresponding to the brightest light measurement; and • storing the light emitting element identifier in association with an identifier for the external device . <EOS>