I have to iterate over a point and line layer to draw the perpendicular line from each point to the nearest line. The QGIS geoalgorithm "DISTANCE TO NEAREST HUB" isn't helpful because the nearest hub isn't perpendicular.
I found this code, but how can I call the points in the Point Layer and the lines in the Line layer generally? How can I can iterate over them with a loop to find/create the perpendicular line in between?
# basic example with PyQGIS
# the end points of the line
line_start = QgsPoint(50,50)
line_end = QgsPoint(100,150)
# the line
line = QgsGeometry.fromPolyline([line_start,line_end])
# the point
point = QgsPoint(30,120)
def intersect_point_to_line(point, line_start, line_end):
''' Calc minimum distance from a point and a line segment and intersection'''
# sqrDist of the line (PyQGIS function = magnitude (length) of a line **2)
magnitude2 = line_start.sqrDist(line_end)
# minimum distance
u = ((point.x() - line_start.x()) * (line_end.x() - line_start.x()) + (point.y() - line_start.y()) * (line_end.y() - line_start.y()))/(magnitude2)
# intersection point on the line
ix = line_start.x() + u * (line_end.x() - line_start.x())
iy = line_start.y() + u * (line_end.y() - line_start.y())
return QgsPoint(ix,iy)
line = QgsGeometry.fromPolyline([point,intersect_point_to_line(point, line_start, line_end)])