topic Re: How do I account for Az Bearings over 360 degrees? in Python Questions

How do I account for Az Bearings over 360 degrees?

DuncanMacIntosh — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 20:54:09 GMT

Hello, I am working on a script to add AzBearings to a polyline shapefile and have a successful script that does this. However, I need to add 14 to those values to account for magnetic north based on my location. If I add 14 to the field, I will then potentially have values over 360 so I need to account for that. My question is, in python how would I take the field containing the AzBearings and add 14 to that value and then subtract 360, but only from the values greater than 360? Thank you!

Re: How do I account for Az Bearings over 360 degrees?

DanPatterson_Retired — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 13:04:28 GMT

modulus

(360 + 14) % 360
Out[1]: 14

(200 + 14) % 360
Out[2]: 214‍‍‍‍‍

Re: How do I account for Az Bearings over 360 degrees?

VinceAngelo — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 13:04:30 GMT

The Python modulus operator (%) can be used to force a range on even floating-point values:

>>> print (358.1 + 4) % 360.0
2.1
>>> print (3.0 - 12) % 360.0
351.0‍‍‍‍

Re: How do I account for Az Bearings over 360 degrees?

DanPatterson_Retired — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 13:04:32 GMT

In python 3 at least, modulus works with both in and float. Are you referring to controlling decimals? Here is an option

(375.1 + 4.01) % 360
Out[11]: 19.110000000000014

round((375.1 + 4.01) % 360, 2)
Out[10]: 19.11

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Re: How do I account for Az Bearings over 360 degrees?

DuncanMacIntosh — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 22:46:46 GMT

Thank you Dan, that makes sense to me. I am trying to add this to a new field (Compass Bearing) and populate the new field with the values from my AzBearing field. The outFeatureClass is from earlier in my script referring to the .shp file that contains the field with AzBearing. ArcGIS names that field BEARING, but I do not know how to call that field in the expression for the new field. I hope that I am making sense and that you can help.

Re: How do I account for Az Bearings over 360 degrees?

DanPatterson_Retired — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 23:23:16 GMT

I would do a manual test using calculate field and copy the expression to a python snippet....

the expression should be something like .... "(!BEARING! + 14) % 360" but I can't test to see whether the quotes are correct and you should check

maybe....

arcpy.CalculateField_management("inFeatures", fieldName1, '(!Bearing! + 14) % 360)', "PYTHON_9.3")

Re: How do I account for Az Bearings over 360 degrees?

VinceAngelo — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 02:28:17 GMT

Python is one of very few languages where the modulus operator works on floating-point datatypes. Usually a math function (e.g., fmod) is required, with the operator only supporting integer types. I tested in Python 2.7 (which is why I got away with the paren-less print).

Re: How do I account for Az Bearings over 360 degrees?

DuncanMacIntosh — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 15:58:20 GMT

Dan,

Python disliked inputting '(!Bearing! +14) % 360)' directly into the arcpy.CalculateField so I defined the expression variable to be that equation and it worked brilliantly! Thank you very much for your help.

Re: How do I account for Az Bearings over 360 degrees?

DanPatterson_Retired — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:17:01 GMT

glad it worked