For the few who may have (due to SEO complications) ended here trying to calculate the angle between two lines in python, as in (x0, y0), (x1, y1)
geometrical lines, there is the below minimal solution (uses the shapely
module, but can be easily modified not to):
from shapely.geometry import LineString
import numpy as np
ninety_degrees_rad = 90.0 * np.pi / 180.0
def angle_between(line1, line2):
coords_1 = line1.coords
coords_2 = line2.coords
line1_vertical = (coords_1[1][0] - coords_1[0][0]) == 0.0
line2_vertical = (coords_2[1][0] - coords_2[0][0]) == 0.0
# Vertical lines have undefined slope, but we know their angle in rads is = 90° * p/180
if line1_vertical and line2_vertical:
# Perpendicular vertical lines
return 0.0
if line1_vertical or line2_vertical:
# 90° - angle of non-vertical line
non_vertical_line = line2 if line1_vertical else line1
return abs((90.0 * np.pi / 180.0) - np.arctan(slope(non_vertical_line)))
m1 = slope(line1)
m2 = slope(line2)
return np.arctan((m1 - m2)/(1 + m1*m2))
def slope(line):
# Assignments made purely for readability. One could opt to just one-line return them
x0 = line.coords[0][0]
y0 = line.coords[0][1]
x1 = line.coords[1][0]
y1 = line.coords[1][1]
return (y1 - y0) / (x1 - x0)
And the use would be
>>> line1 = LineString([(0, 0), (0, 1)]) # vertical
>>> line2 = LineString([(0, 0), (1, 0)]) # horizontal
>>> angle_between(line1, line2)
1.5707963267948966
>>> np.degrees(angle_between(line1, line2))
90.0