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@turf/point-to-line-distance
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6.5.0
@turf/points-with-polygon
Add MultiPoint support
(PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/2137 - Author @twelch)@turf/dissolve
Complete rewrite of the dissolve module to resolve many bugs
(PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/2110 - Author @rowanwins)
@turf/mask
Complete rewrite of the mask module to resolve many bugs
(PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/2130 - Author @rowanwins)
@turf/boolean-valid
Add missing dependency to
(PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/2094 - Author @rycgar)
@turf/boolean-overlap
Improve clarity
(PR https://github.com/Turfjs/turf/pull/2133 - Author @patrickbrett)Readme
Returns the minimum distance between a Point and a LineString, being the distance from a line the
minimum distance between the point and any segment of the LineString
.
Parameters
pt
(Feature<Point> | Array<number>) Feature or Geometryline
Feature<LineString> GeoJSON Feature or Geometryoptions
Object Optional parameters (optional, default {}
)
options.units
string can be anything supported by turf/convertLength, eg degrees, radians, miles, or kilometers (optional, default 'kilometers'
)options.method
string wehther to calculate the distance based on geodesic (spheroid) or planar (flat) method. Valid options are 'geodesic' or 'planar'. (optional, default 'geodesic'
)Examples
var pt = turf.point([0, 0]);
var line = turf.lineString([[1, 1],[-1, 1]]);
var distance = turf.pointToLineDistance(pt, line, {units: 'miles'});
//=69.11854715938406
Returns number distance between point and line
This module is part of the Turfjs project, an open source module collection dedicated to geographic algorithms. It is maintained in the Turfjs/turf repository, where you can create PRs and issues.
Install this module individually:
$ npm install @turf/point-to-line-distance
Or install the Turf module that includes it as a function:
$ npm install @turf/turf
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turf point-to-line-distance module
We found that @turf/point-to-line-distance demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 6 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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