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@ue-too/border / initialBearingOfGreatCircle

Function: initialBearingOfGreatCircle()

initialBearingOfGreatCircle(startCoord, endCoord): number

Defined in: greateCircle.ts:112

Calculate the initial bearing between two points on the Earth's surface. (traveling along the great circle would result in different bearing from the start point to the end point)

Parameters

startCoord

GeoCoord

The starting point in GeoCoord format.

endCoord

GeoCoord

The ending point in GeoCoord format.

Returns

number

The bearing in degrees.