[GIS] Draw shortest line between a point and a line

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I am trying to draw a line between a thousands of points and a line using QGIS. I then want to carry out some calculations on the new lines to see which polygons they intersect in a different layer.

I have used NNjoin to find the shortest distance between each point and the line but I want a layer displaying these lines.

Best Answer

I think this solution might work. Using SAGA to convert line to point, and then QGIS Distance to nearest hub.

Nearest distance between point layer and line layer, QGIS