azimuth
Sign in to saveright|thumb|The azimuth is the angle formed between a reference direction (in this example north) and a sightline|line from the observer to a point of interest projected on the same plane as the reference direction orthogonal to the [[zenith.]]
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Azimuth is the angle measured from a reference direction (usually north) to a point you're looking at, calculated along a flat horizontal plane. It matters because it's a practical way to describe the direction of objects or locations relative to where you are standing.
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15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- In astronomy
- In navigation
- True north-based azimuths
- In geodesy
- In cartography
- Map projections
- Related coordinates
- Right ascension
- Polar coordinate
- Other uses
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
right|thumb|The azimuth is the angle formed between a reference direction (in this example north) and a sightline|line from the observer to a point of interest projected on the same plane as the reference direction orthogonal to the [[zenith.]]
An azimuth (; from ) is the horizontal angle from a cardinal direction, most commonly north, in a local or observer-centric spherical coordinate system.