nearestPointToLine

Description

Returns the closest point, of a collection of points, to a line. The returned point has a dist property indicating its distance to the line.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
points	FeatureCollection | GeometryCollection<Point>	Point Collection
line	Feature | Geometry<LineString>	Line Feature
options?	Object	Optional parameters (default {})
options.units?	string	unit of the output distance property (eg: degrees, radians, miles, or kilometers) (default 'kilometers')
options.properties?	Object	Translate Properties to Point (default {})

Returns

Feature<Point> the closest point

Examples

var pt1 = turf.point([0, 0]);
var pt2 = turf.point([0.5, 0.5]);
var points = turf.featureCollection([pt1, pt2]);
var line = turf.lineString([
  [1, 1],
  [-1, 1],
]);

var nearest = turf.nearestPointToLine(points, line);

Installation

$ npm install @turf/nearest-point-to-line

import { nearestPointToLine } from "@turf/nearest-point-to-line";
const result = nearestPointToLine(...);

$ npm install @turf/turf

import * as turf from "@turf/turf";
const result = turf.nearestPointToLine(...);