Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2008 Google Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { /** * Computes the bearing in degrees between two points on Earth. * * @param lat1 Latitude of the first point * @param lon1 Longitude of the first point * @param lat2 Latitude of the second point * @param lon2 Longitude of the second point * @return Bearing between the two points in degrees. A value of 0 means due * north. */ public static double bearing(double lat1, double lon1, double lat2, double lon2) { double lat1Rad = Math.toRadians(lat1); double lat2Rad = Math.toRadians(lat2); double deltaLonRad = Math.toRadians(lon2 - lon1); double y = Math.sin(deltaLonRad) * Math.cos(lat2Rad); double x = Math.cos(lat1Rad) * Math.sin(lat2Rad) - Math.sin(lat1Rad) * Math.cos(lat2Rad) * Math.cos(deltaLonRad); return radToBearing(Math.atan2(y, x)); } /** * Converts an angle in radians to degrees */ public static double radToBearing(double rad) { return (Math.toDegrees(rad) + 360) % 360; } }