Re: Angle

> Ezequias:
>  Look at postgis documentation. azimuth() returns radians, not
> degrees. You must divide by pi rad and multiply by 180 degrees to
> obtain 124,9 degrees. Make sure your azimuth is 143,9 by manual
> calculation using start and end points (make sure you are using the
> same start and end points).
> Regards.
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> 2006/7/6, Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha <ezequias@...
> <mailto:ezequias@...>>:
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>     Arnaud Lesauvage escreveu:
>     > Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha wrote:
>     >> Ok, now I need to get the start and and point of a linestring
>     >> feature. Could you tell me please ?
>     >>
>     >> Regards
>     >> Ezequias
>     >>
>     >> Arnaud Lesauvage escreveu:
>     >>> Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha wrote:
>     >>>> Hi list,
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Could someone tell me how to get an angle of a linestring
>     feature ?
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Regards...
>     >>>>
>     >>>
>     >>> The azimuth(geometry, geometry) function might be what you are
>     >>> looking for.
>     >>> Input geometries are points, so you might use
>     >>> Azimuth(StartPoint(geometry), EndPoint(geometry)) if geometry is a
>     >>> Linestring.
>     >>>
>     >>> http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/ch06.html#id2528534
>     <http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/ch06.html#id2528534>
>     >
>     >
>     > What do you think these "StartPoint" and "EndPoint" functions do ?
>     > Have you read the documentation at
>     http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/
>     <http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/> ?
>     > All you questions are answered there.
>     >
>     >
>     > PS : Please, reply below the quotes. Thanks !
>     >
>     > --
>     > Arnaud
>     >
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>     Arnaud (great name. The name of my grandfather),
>
>     I tried like this but the result (as you can see now) is too below.
>
>     dbpotgis=# SELECT azimuth(startpoint(the_geom),endpoint(the_geom)) as
>     azimuth from mub where gid = 2900;
>          azimuth
>     ------------------
>     2.17998093202836
>     (1 row)
>
>     dbpotgis=#
>
>     The real angle is 143,9 and the function only rerutns 2.17...
>
>     Could you tell me what I did wrong ?
>
>     Regards ...
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