A Simple Formula to Calculate Azimuth without a Two-Argument Arctangent Function
Calculating azimuths from planimetric coordinates is complicated when the available implementations of inverse trigonometric functions have ranges spanning only 180° instead of 360° as azimuth requires. A tangent half-angle formula is used to derive a formula with only one special
case (due South) that computes azimuth for the whole circle.
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