GeoDirection
GeoDirection[{lat1,lon1},{lat2,lon2}]
gives the azimuthal direction from one latitude-longitude position on the Earth to another.
GeoDirection[loc1,loc2]
gives the azimuthal direction between locations specified by position objects or geographic entities.
Details
- Geo direction is also known as azimuth or bearing.
- GeoDirection[loc1,loc2] gives the clockwise angle measured at loc1 between true north and the geodesic from loc1 to loc2. Heights are ignored.
- The result is returned as a Quantity angle with "AngularDegrees" unit.
- Latitudes and longitudes can be given as numbers in degrees, as DMS strings, or as Quantity angles.
- Position objects in GeoDirection[loc1,loc2] can be given as GeoPosition, GeoPositionXYZ, GeoPositionENU, or GeoGridPosition objects.
- GeoDirection[loc1,loc2] by default uses the reference ellipsoid associated with the datum for loc1.
- GeoDirection and GeoDistance solve the geodetic inverse problem.
Examples
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Scope (4)
Azimuth angle between any two points on the Earth, using the parameters of the default datum "ITRF00":
Angles can also be specified as DMS strings:
Direction between geodetic positions, in different formats:
Height and time information is ignored in GeoDirection computations:
Direction between points in different datums. The computation is performed after changing the datum of the second point to the datum of the first:
Properties & Relations (8)
GeoDirection is not a symmetric function:
GeoDirection is a partial inverse of GeoDestination:
GeoDirection returns part of the information returned by GeoDisplacement:
Compute bearings between a list of points:
Construct points on a geodesic circle, starting with regular bearings:
Azimuths between points of the circle increase, modulo angle determination:
Construct multiple points along a geodesic, at regular distance intervals:
Bearing does not stay constant along a geodesic:
GeoDirection is not a smooth function for nearly antipodal points:
Compare with the corresponding results on the surface of a sphere:
Initial bearings of geodesics connecting antipodal pairs of points are complementary:
Text
Wolfram Research (2008), GeoDirection, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoDirection.html (updated 2014).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2008. "GeoDirection." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2014. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoDirection.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2008). GeoDirection. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoDirection.html