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Convert a bearing in degrees to a cardinal or ordinal direction. eg: 90 becomes E, 195 becomes SSW
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| bearingToDirection = (bearing, abbrev=true) -> | |
| if abbrev | |
| directions = ['N', 'NNE', 'NE', 'ENE', 'E', 'ESE', 'SE', 'SSE', 'S', 'SSW', 'SW', 'WSW', 'W', 'WNW', 'NW', 'NNW', 'N'] | |
| else | |
| directions = ['North', 'North-Northeast', 'Northeast', 'East-Northeast', 'East', 'East-Southeast', 'Southeast', 'South-Southeast', 'South', 'South-Southwest', 'Southwest', 'West-Southwest', 'West', 'West-Northwest', 'Northwest', 'North-Northwest', 'North'] | |
| return directions[Math.floor((bearing + 11.25) / 22.5)] |
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