Convert azimuth into cardinal point ==================================== .. p23ready The cardinal points or cardinal directions are North, East, South, and West. .. currentmodule:: PyAstronomy.pyasl .. autofunction:: getCardinalPoint Example -------- :: from __future__ import print_function, division from PyAstronomy import pyasl import numpy as np # Get the cardinal point for 10 azimuth angles azimuths = np.random.random(10) * 360. for azimuth in azimuths: cp = pyasl.getCardinalPoint(azimuth) print("Azimuth: {0:6.2f} deg, Cardinal point: {1:1s}".format(azimuth, cp))