ST_AZIMUTH

Description

Enter two points and return the azimuth of the line segment formed by points 1 and 2. Azimuth is the arc of the Angle between the true north line of point 1 and the line segment formed by points 1 and 2.

Syntax

ST_Azimuth( <point1>, <point2>)

Parameters

Parameters	Instructions
<point1>	The first point used to calculate the azimuth
<point2>	The second point used to calculate the azimuth

Return Value

Positive angles are measured clockwise on the sphere. For example, the azimuth of a line segment:

• North is 0
• East is PI/2
• The guide is PI
• The west is 3PI/2

ST_Azimuth has the following edge cases:

• Return NULL if both input points are the same.
• NULL is returned if the two input points are perfect mapping points.
• An error is thrown if any of the input geographies are not a single point or are empty geographies

Examples

SELECT st_azimuth(ST_Point(1, 0),ST_Point(0, 0));

+----------------------------------------------------+
| st_azimuth(st_point(1.0, 0.0), st_point(0.0, 0.0)) |
+----------------------------------------------------+
|                                   4.71238898038469 |
+----------------------------------------------------+

SELECT st_azimuth(ST_Point(0, 0),ST_Point(1, 0));

+----------------------------------------------------+
| st_azimuth(st_point(0.0, 0.0), st_point(1.0, 0.0)) |
+----------------------------------------------------+
|                                 1.5707963267948966 |
+----------------------------------------------------+

SELECT st_azimuth(ST_Point(0, 0),ST_Point(0, 1));

+----------------------------------------------------+
| st_azimuth(st_point(0.0, 0.0), st_point(0.0, 1.0)) |
+----------------------------------------------------+
|                                                  0 |
+----------------------------------------------------+

SELECT st_azimuth(ST_Point(-30, 0),ST_Point(150, 0));

+--------------------------------------------------------+
| st_azimuth(st_point(-30.0, 0.0), st_point(150.0, 0.0)) |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                   NULL |
+--------------------------------------------------------+