turf-bearing

turf-bearing

bearing

Takes two points and finds the geographic bearing between them.

Parameters

• start Feature<Point> starting Point
• end Feature<Point> ending Point

Examples

var point1 = {
  "type": "Feature",
  "properties": {
    "marker-color": '#f00'
  },
  "geometry": {
    "type": "Point",
    "coordinates": [-75.343, 39.984]
  }
};
var point2 = {
  "type": "Feature",
  "properties": {
    "marker-color": '#0f0'
  },
  "geometry": {
    "type": "Point",
    "coordinates": [-75.534, 39.123]
  }
};

var points = {
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "features": [point1, point2]
};

//=points

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

//=bearing

Returns Number bearing in decimal degrees

This module is part of the Turfjs project, an open source module collection dedicated to geographic algorithms. It is maintained in the Turfjs/turf repository, where you can create PRs and issues.

Installation

Install this module individually:

$ npm install turf-bearing

Or install the Turf module that includes it as a function:

$ npm install turf