How to get angle between two POI?

Question

How do I calculate the angle in degrees between the coordinates of two POIs (points of interest) on an iPhone map application?

Answer 1

If the other solutions dont work for you try this:

- (int)getInitialBearingFrom:(CLLocation *)first
                        to:(CLLocation *)second
{
    float lat1 = [self degreesToRad:first.coordinate.latitude];
    float lat2 = [self degreesToRad:second.coordinate.latitude];
    float lon1 = [self degreesToRad:first.coordinate.longitude];
    float lon2 = [self degreesToRad:second.coordinate.longitude];
    float dLon = lon2 - lon1;
    float y = sin (dLon) * cos (lat2);
    float x1 = cos (lat1) * sin (lat2);
    float x2 = sin (lat1) * cos (lat2) * cos (dLon);
    float x = x1 - x2;
    float bearingRadRaw = atan2f (y, x);
    float bearingDegRaw = bearingRadRaw * 180 / M_PI;
    int bearing = ((int) bearingDegRaw + 360) % 360; // +- 180 deg to 360 deg

    return bearing;
}

For final bearing, simply take the initial bearing from the end point to the start point and reverse it (using θ = (θ+180) % 360).

You need these 2 helpers:

-(float)radToDegrees:(float)radians
{
    return radians * 180 / M_PI;
}
-(float)degreesToRad:(float)degrees
{
    return degrees * M_PI /180;
}