.\" Man page for bearing .\" Created by copying text from utils/README .TH man 1 "30 July 2008" "1.0" "bearing" .SH NAME bearing \- returns the azimuth bearing and great circle path distance between two specified points .SH SYNOPSIS .B bearing file .SH DESCRIPTION .B bearing reads a pair of .qth files specified on the command line, and returns the azimuth bearing and great circle path distance between the two points specified. A -metric switch is available so that distances can be provided in kilometers rather than statute miles. SPLAT! provides similar distance and bearing information between two specific site locations. The bearing utility, however, provides the information quickly and easily over great distances without having to run SPLAT! .SH EXAMPLES bearing ai4qr.qth 940-repeater.qth .SH FILES .P .I /usr/bin/bearing .SH SEE ALSO .BR splat (1), .SH BUGS No known bugs at this time. .SH AUTHOR .nf Steve Conklin (fedora@conklinhouse.com) .fi .SH HISTORY 2008 \- Text copied from README