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◆ vector_angle()

double vector_angle ( const POINT3D v1,
const POINT3D v2 
)

Angle between two unit vectors.

Definition at line 505 of file lwgeodetic.c.

506 {
507  POINT3D v3, normal;
508  double angle, x, y;
509 
510  cross_product(v1, v2, &normal);
511  normalize(&normal);
512  cross_product(&normal, v1, &v3);
513 
514  x = dot_product(v1, v2);
515  y = dot_product(v2, &v3);
516 
517  angle = atan2(y, x);
518  return angle;
519 }
void normalize(POINT3D *p)
Normalize to a unit vector.
Definition: lwgeodetic.c:615
static void cross_product(const POINT3D *a, const POINT3D *b, POINT3D *n)
Calculate the cross product of two vectors.
Definition: lwgeodetic.c:454
static double dot_product(const POINT3D *p1, const POINT3D *p2)
Convert cartesian coordinates on unit sphere to lon/lat coordinates static void cart2ll(const POINT3D...
Definition: lwgeodetic.c:446

References cross_product(), dot_product(), normalize(), pixval::x, and pixval::y.

Referenced by test_vector_angle().

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