I'm working on a "compass" for a mobile-device. I have the following points:
point 1 (current location): Latitude = 47.2246, Longitude = 8.8257
point 2 (target location): Latitude = 50.9246, Longitude = 10.2257
Also I have the following information (from my android-phone):
The compass-direction in degree, which bears to the north.
For example, when I direct my phone to north, I get 0°
How can I create a "compass-like" arrow which shows me the direction to the point?
Is there a mathematic-problem for this?
EDIT: Okay I found a solution, it looks like this:
/**
* Params: lat1, long1 => Latitude and Longitude of current point
* lat2, long2 => Latitude and Longitude of target point
*
* headX => x-Value of built-in phone-compass
*
* Returns the degree of a direction from current point to target point
*
*/
function getDegrees(lat1, long1, lat2, long2, headX) {
var dLat = toRad(lat2-lat1);
var dLon = toRad(lon2-lon1);
lat1 = toRad(lat1);
lat2 = toRad(lat2);
var y = Math.sin(dLon) * Math.cos(lat2);
var x = Math.cos(lat1)*Math.sin(lat2) -
Math.sin(lat1)*Math.cos(lat2)*Math.cos(dLon);
var brng = toDeg(Math.atan2(y, x));
// fix negative degrees
if(brng<0) {
brng=360-Math.abs(brng);
}
return brng - headX;
}
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