diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 974ff97..9bd8757 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 ## not released
 - client: changed socket mode from blocking to timeout (fixes #89)
-- parser: Added optionally distance calculation (fixes #86)
+- parser: Added optional distance/bearing calculation (fixes #86)
 - parser: Added support for weather data from FANET ground stations
 - parser: Added support for latency in receiver messages (OGNSDR) (fixes #87)
 - parser: Added support for reference_timestamp with tzinfo (fixes #84)
diff --git a/ogn/parser/parse.py b/ogn/parser/parse.py
index c420810..4c079a2 100644
--- a/ogn/parser/parse.py
+++ b/ogn/parser/parse.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from ogn.parser.aprs_comment.generic_parser import GenericParser
 positions = {}
 
 
-def parse(aprs_message, reference_timestamp=None, calculate_distances=False):
+def parse(aprs_message, reference_timestamp=None, calculate_relations=False):
     global positions
 
     if reference_timestamp is None:
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ def parse(aprs_message, reference_timestamp=None, calculate_distances=False):
                                      dstcall=message['dstcall'],
                                      aprs_type=message['aprs_type']))
 
-    if message['aprs_type'].startswith('position') and calculate_distances is True:
+    if message['aprs_type'].startswith('position') and calculate_relations is True:
         positions[message['name']] = (message['longitude'], message['latitude'])
         if message['receiver_name'] in positions:
             cheap_ruler = CheapRuler((message['latitude'] + positions[message['receiver_name']][1]) / 2.0)
             message['distance'] = cheap_ruler.distance((message['longitude'], message['latitude']), positions[message['receiver_name']])
+            message['bearing'] = cheap_ruler.bearing((message['longitude'], message['latitude']), positions[message['receiver_name']])
 
     return message
 
diff --git a/ogn/parser/utils.py b/ogn/parser/utils.py
index b4733db..b31b1e9 100644
--- a/ogn/parser/utils.py
+++ b/ogn/parser/utils.py
@@ -55,11 +55,14 @@ def createTimestamp(time_string, reference_timestamp):
     return result
 
 
+MATH_PI = 3.14159265359
+
+
 class CheapRuler():
     """Extreme fast distance calculating for distances below 500km."""
 
     def __init__(self, lat):
-        c = math.cos(lat * 3.14159265359 / 180)
+        c = math.cos(lat * MATH_PI / 180)
         c2 = 2 * c * c - 1
         c3 = 2 * c * c2 - c
         c4 = 2 * c * c3 - c2
@@ -69,8 +72,18 @@ class CheapRuler():
         self.ky = 1000 * (111.13209 - 0.56605 * c2 + 0.0012 * c4)       # latitude correction
 
     def distance(self, a, b):
-        """Points a and b are from tuple(lon,lat)."""
+        """Distance between point a and b. A point is a tuple(lon,lat)."""
 
         dx = (a[0] - b[0]) * self.kx
         dy = (a[1] - b[1]) * self.ky
         return math.sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy)
+
+    def bearing(self, a, b):
+        """Returns the bearing from point a to point b."""
+
+        dx = (b[0] - a[0]) * self.kx
+        dy = (b[1] - a[1]) * self.ky
+        if dx == 0 and dy == 0:
+            return 0
+        else:
+            return math.atan2(-dy, dx) * 180 / MATH_PI + 90
diff --git a/tests/parser/test_utils.py b/tests/parser/test_utils.py
index dab012f..901aab3 100644
--- a/tests/parser/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/parser/test_utils.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class TestStringMethods(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.proceed_test_data(test_data)
 
-    def test_cheap_ruler(self):
+    def test_cheap_ruler_distance(self):
         koenigsdf = (11.465353, 47.829825)
         hochkoenig = (13.062405, 47.420516)
 
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ class TestStringMethods(unittest.TestCase):
         distance = cheap_ruler.distance(koenigsdf, hochkoenig)
         self.assertAlmostEqual(distance, 128381.47612138899)
 
+    def test_cheap_ruler_bearing(self):
+        koenigsdf = (11.465353, 47.829825)
+        hochkoenig = (13.062405, 47.420516)
+
+        cheap_ruler = CheapRuler((koenigsdf[1] + hochkoenig[1]) / 2)
+        bearing = cheap_ruler.bearing(koenigsdf, hochkoenig)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(bearing, 110.761300063515)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()