ee.Number.atan2

Calculates the angle formed by the 2D vector [x, y].
Usage Returns
Number. atan2 (right) Number
Argument Type Details
this: left
Number The left-hand value.
right
Number The right-hand value.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 // Left input is x and right input is y, representing point (x,y). 
 print 
 ( 
 'Atan2 of point (0,0)' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 0 
 ). 
 atan2 
 ( 
 0 
 )); 
  
 // 0 
 print 
 ( 
 'Atan2 of point (1,0)' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 1 
 ). 
 atan2 
 ( 
 0 
 )); 
  
 // 0 
 print 
 ( 
 'Atan2 of point (0,1)' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 0 
 ). 
 atan2 
 ( 
 1 
 )); 
  
 // 1.570796326 (π/2) 
 print 
 ( 
 'Atan2 of point (-1,0)' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 - 
 1 
 ). 
 atan2 
 ( 
 0 
 )); 
  
 // 3.141592653 (π) 
 print 
 ( 
 'Atan2 of point (0,-1)' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 0 
 ). 
 atan2 
 ( 
 - 
 1 
 )); 
  
 // -1.570796326 (-π/2) 

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

 import 
  
 ee 
 import 
  
 geemap.core 
  
 as 
  
 geemap 

Colab (Python)

 print 
 ( 
 'Atan2 of point (0,0):' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 0 
 ) 
 . 
 atan2 
 ( 
 0 
 ) 
 . 
 getInfo 
 ()) 
 # 0 
 print 
 ( 
 'Atan2 of point (1,0):' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 1 
 ) 
 . 
 atan2 
 ( 
 0 
 ) 
 . 
 getInfo 
 ()) 
 # 0 
 # 1.570796326 (π/2) 
 print 
 ( 
 'Atan2 of point (0,1):' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 0 
 ) 
 . 
 atan2 
 ( 
 1 
 ) 
 . 
 getInfo 
 ()) 
 # 3.141592653 (π) 
 print 
 ( 
 'Atan2 of point (-1,0):' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 - 
 1 
 ) 
 . 
 atan2 
 ( 
 0 
 ) 
 . 
 getInfo 
 ()) 
 # -1.570796326 (-π/2) 
 print 
 ( 
 'Atan2 of point (0,-1):' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 0 
 ) 
 . 
 atan2 
 ( 
 - 
 1 
 ) 
 . 
 getInfo 
 ()) 
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