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{
"name": "bearing",
"type": "function",
"groups": ["GeometryGroup"],
"description": "Returns the north-based bearing as the angle in radians measured clockwise on the ellipsoid from the vertical on point_a to point_b.",
"arguments": [{
"arg": "point_a",
"description": "point geometry"
}, {
"arg": "point_b",
"description": "point geometry"
}, {
"arg": "source_auth_id",
"description": "the source auth CRS ID of the points"
}, {
"arg": "ellipsoid",
"description": "the acronym or the auth ID of the ellipsoid"
}],
"examples": [{
"expression": "degrees( bearing( make_point(16198544, -4534850), make_point(18736872, -1877769), 'EPSG:3857', 'EPSG:7030') )",
"returns": "49.980071"
}, {
"expression": "degrees( bearing( make_point(18736872, -1877769), make_point(16198544, -4534850), 'EPSG:3857', 'EPSG:7030') )",
"returns": "219.282386"
}],
"tags": ["measured", "clockwise", "points", "angle", "vertical", "north", "azimuth", "bearing", "radians"]
}