By convention the last value is set to NA
missing value, because the bearing
applies to the segment extending from the current location.
To use this on multiple track ids, use a grouped data frame with tidyverse code like
data %>% group_by(id) %>% mutate(turn = track_bearing(lon, lat))
.
Absolute bearing is relative to North (0), and proceeds clockwise positive and anti-clockwise
negative N = 0, E = 90, S = +/-180, W = -90
.
The last value will be NA
as the bearing is relative to the first point of each segment.