Bearing from one coordinate to another

Question

I implemented the \"bearing\" formula from http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html. But it seems highly inaccurate - I suspect some mistakes in my implementation.

Answer 1

Bearing from one coordinate to another And Find North,East,south,weast :)

     public class FindBearing {
            public static void main(String[] args) {
                System.out.println(" Your Result >>> "+FindBearing.bearing(19.2859590, 73.4966430, 19.2861020, 73.4988090));    
            }   
            protected static String bearing(double lat1, double lon1, double lat2, double lon2){
          double longitude1 = lon1;
          double longitude2 = lon2;
          double latitude1 = Math.toRadians(lat1);
          double latitude2 = Math.toRadians(lat2);
          double longDiff= Math.toRadians(longitude2-longitude1);
          double y= Math.sin(longDiff)*Math.cos(latitude2);
          double x=Math.cos(latitude1)*Math.sin(latitude2)-Math.sin(latitude1)*Math.cos(latitude2)*Math.cos(longDiff);
          double resultDegree= (Math.toDegrees(Math.atan2(y, x))+360)%360;
          String coordNames[] = {"N","NNE", "NE","ENE","E", "ESE","SE","SSE", "S","SSW", "SW","WSW", "W","WNW", "NW","NNW", "N"};
          double directionid = Math.round(resultDegree / 22.5); 
          // no of array contain 360/16=22.5
          if (directionid < 0) {
              directionid = directionid + 16;
               //no. of contains in array
          }
          String compasLoc=coordNames[(int) directionid];

          return resultDegree+" "+compasLoc;
        }
            }