Add azimuth to Measurement tool

[jidanni]

Azimuth would be a very simple addition to the measurement tool.

Much more simpler than the current Centroid.

The user currently can get the length, but not the azimuth.

Have it only active on the first segment of a line, fine. But at least provide it.

Azimuth is a basic component of all other such "ruler" tools I have ever seen.

[jidanni]

https://support.google.com/maps/forum/AAAAQuUrST8LqY4a9_vWKA

[quincylvania]

@jidanni Sorry, but this doesn't make any sense to me. The measurement panel isn't some multipurpose "ruler" tool, it gives basic geometry info about the selected feature. You can't calculate the azimuth for a line with more than two points, and only using the first segment would be arbitrary and confusing. In any case, I don't know how showing this would help with mapping. Please use a data viewing tool instead.

[jidanni]

Well I filed https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/73733/make-a-house-of-given-size-and-angle .

[jidanni]

Well all I can say is the Measurement Tool has many many length features, but no angle features.
One can measure Area:0.9182 m², Perimeter:9.139 m, lengths, centroids, but nothing about angles (directions). As we know the simplest vector is composed of a length and a direction.

[jidanni]

(I forgot to add examples)
Viking:

Google Earth:

[Mahabarata]

I agree with this issue, it would be a great improvement of the measurement tool.