Distance from Point to Nearest Line - in QGIS

In this tutorial, we'll go over the steps on how to calculate the distance from Point to Nearest line in QGIS.

[@user-dx7po2yk3u]

Thanks a lot for that helpfull video! A tip from my side: It is very important to set all the layers you want to calculate to the same KBS. Otherwise it won't work.

[@gissolutions4604]

Great tip! I greatly appreciate you sharing that.

[@noprinuga]

thanks for the tutorial,, I may ask? Can I move/update objects or points in QGIS that we have plotted with the latest coordinates that we have?

[@messedmushroom]

Can this be extended to calculate the nearest X distances to the nearest polygon? For example: if there is a layer with 100 lakes, and you want to know the nearest 10?

[@gissolutions4604]

Just posted a video on how to select nearest points...similar concept with polygons, just with points on the video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqKYk3yGaNKejac

[@tizianalav2991]

thanks for this video, very interesting, I tried to do the same procedure, but with layer points towards layer lines representing rivers it didn't work! is there another algorithm for this? Thank you for your kindness

[@gissolutions4604]

I'm sorry it didn't work for you...were you able to be successful using a different dataset?

[@Xperiencesinspire]

What is the unit of the distance?

[@sandeeptimilsina8647]

for sure it is in metre (SI unit)