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Determines azimuth & distance of the second point (B) as seen from the first point (A), given latitude, longitude & elevation of two points on the Earth

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# azimuth [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/vxtindia/azimuth.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/vxtindia/azimuth) Determines azimuth (compass direction) & distance of the second point (B) as seen from the first point (A), given latitude, longitude & elevation of two points on the Earth ## Original Author Moulded from [Don Cross](http://cosinekitty.com/)'s [Azimuth/Distance Calculator](http://cosinekitty.com/compass.html) ## Getting Started Install the module with: `npm install azimuth` ```javascript var calculate = require('azimuth'); calculate.azimuth({ lat: 18.513929, lng: 73.924475, elv: 561.9 }, { lat: 18.513964, lng: 73.924471, elv: 562 }); // "{ distance: 3.9191090699705464, azimuth: 353.8149364508667, altitude: 1.3478271564744548 }" ``` ## Tests To run tests ```` npm test ```` or ```` grunt nodeunit ```` ## License Copyright (c) 2014 Debjeet Biswas Licensed under the MIT license.