Find Direction Between 2 Points: A & B

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Suppose I have two points A and B, of which I know latitudes and longitudes. Now I want to calculate the direction of A with respect to B. How would I calculate that?

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May 20, 2011

Hi RAHIL008!

Use the spherical sine law and the spherical cosine law …

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_trigonometry#Identities"

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