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December 28, 2013 19:29
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Compass heading to cardinal direction in c#
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public static string DegreesToCardinal(double degrees) | |
{ | |
string[] caridnals = { "N", "NE", "E", "SE", "S", "SW", "W", "NW", "N" }; | |
return caridnals[ (int)Math.Round(((double)degrees % 360) / 45) ]; | |
} | |
public static string DegreesToCardinalDetailed(double degrees) | |
{ | |
string[] caridnals = { "N", "NNE", "NE", "ENE", "E", "ESE", "SE", "SSE", "S", "SSW", "SW", "WSW", "W", "WNW", "NW", "NNW", "N" }; | |
return caridnals[ (int)Math.Round(((double)degrees*10 % 3600) / 225) ]; | |
} |
It still needs conversion for negative degrees...
var degrees = e.Reading.HeadingMagneticNorth<0 ? 360+e.Reading.HeadingMagneticNorth : e.Reading.HeadingMagneticNorth;
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@quicoli Awesome! Glad it worked