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Version: 6.5.0

rhumbBearing

Description

Takes two points and finds the bearing angle between them along a Rhumb line i.e. the angle measured in degrees start the north line (0 degrees)

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
startCoordstarting Point
endCoordending Point
options?ObjectOptional parameters
options.final?booleancalculates the final bearing if true (default false)

Returns

    number bearing from north in decimal degrees, between -180 and 180 degrees (positive clockwise)

Examples

var point1 = turf.point([-75.343, 39.984], { "marker-color": "#F00" });
var point2 = turf.point([-75.534, 39.123], { "marker-color": "#00F" });

var bearing = turf.rhumbBearing(point1, point2);

Installation

$ npm install @turf/rhumb-bearing

import { rhumbBearing } from "@turf/rhumb-bearing";
const result = rhumbBearing(...);
$ npm install @turf/turf

import * as turf from "@turf/turf";
const result = turf.rhumbBearing(...);