<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi,<div>You can use the saga tool snap points to lines found in the processing toolbox. Then ask for the option to create the distance line (moves) and not the new points. From that new line file, you can find the angle (azimut) of the line using an expression using the field calculator. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://docs.qgis.org/3.16/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/functions_list.html#line-interpolate-point">https://docs.qgis.org/3.16/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/functions_list.html#line-interpolate-point</a><br><br><div dir="ltr">Nicolas Cadieux<div><a href="https://gitlab.com/njacadieux">https://gitlab.com/njacadieux</a></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">Le 30 déc. 2020 à 02:13, Alejandro Fernandez "Al" Tongco <al_tongco@yahoo.com> a écrit :<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hello qgis users,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I need help how to calculate shortest length and angle of line connecting a point and an area feature. I'm using QGIS 3.16 in Windows 10.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thank you in advance,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Al</div></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Qgis-user mailing list</span><br><span>Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</span><br><span>List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user</span><br><span>Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>