gemgis.vector.calculate_strike_direction_straight_linestring

gemgis.vector.calculate_strike_direction_straight_linestring(linestring: shapely.geometry.linestring.LineString) → float

Function to calculate the strike direction of a straight Shapely LineString. The strike will always be calculated from start to end point

Parameters

linestring (shapely.geometry.linestring.LineString) – Shapely LineString representing the surface trace of a straight geological profile, e.g. linestring = LineString([(0, 0), (10, 10), (20, 20)])

Returns

angle – Strike angle calculated from start to end point for a straight Shapely LineString

Return type

float

New in version 1.0.x.

Example

>>> # Loading Libraries and creating LineString
>>> import gemgis as gg
>>> from shapely.geometry import LineString
>>> linestring = LineString([(0, 0), (20, 20)])
>>> linestring.wkt
'LINESTRING (0 0, 20 20)'

>>> # Calculating the strike angle of the LineString
>>> angle = gg.vector.calculate_strike_direction_straight_linestring(linestring=linestring)
>>> angle
45.0

See also

calculate_angle

Calculating the angle of a LineString

calculate_strike_direction_bent_linestring

Calculating the strike direction of a bent LineString

calculate_dipping_angle_linestring

Calculate the dipping angle of a LineString

calculate_dipping_angles_linestrings

Calculate the dipping angles of LineStrings

Note

The LineString must only consist of two points (start and end point)