[postgis-users] ST_Azimuth on the spheroid

Paul Ramsey pramsey at opengeo.org
Wed Aug 4 07:42:03 PDT 2010


Indeed, the code is there, it just needs to be exposed to SQL. Do you
build your own PostGIS Francis? If so you can open a ticket for the
feature and I'll provide a patch there you can apply. If not, it could
be a long wait for PostGIS 2.0 and new features. (several months)

P

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 4:10 AM, Francis Markham <u2546226 at anu.edu.au> wrote:
> Is there, or are we likely to see a way of calculating ST_Azimuth on the
> spheroid?
>
> Is an implementation, overloading ST_Azimuth to accept the GEOGRAPHY type to
> be expected?
>
> I suspect the code has already been written, given the existence of
> ST_Distance_Spheroid which presumably uses Vincenty's Inverse formula (which
> also calculates azimuth).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Francis Markham
>
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