(450-atan2(y2-y1,x2-x1)*180/pi)%%360
segmentToAngle <- function(x1,y1,x2,y2) atan2(y2-y1,x2-x1)*180/pi;
segmentToAngle(0,0,1,0); ## east
## [1] 0
segmentToAngle(0,0,0,1); ## north
## [1] 90
segmentToAngle(0,0,-1,0); ## west
## [1] 180
segmentToAngle(0,0,0,-1); ## south
## [1] -90
segmentToCompassAngle <- function(x1,y1,x2,y2) (450-segmentToAngle(x1,y1,x2,y2))%%360;
segmentToCompassAngle(0,0,1,0); ## east
## [1] 90
segmentToCompassAngle(0,0,0,1); ## north
## [1] 0
segmentToCompassAngle(0,0,-1,0); ## west
## [1] 270
segmentToCompassAngle(0,0,0,-1); ## south
## [1] 180