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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 (default {})
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(...);