Input:
- Points layer
points
spread around some route - Route layer
route
where each route link is feature of type Multi Linestring. However it's possible to merge it to single feature layer of type Multi Linestring using Qgis GUI Merge Lines tool (I haven't succeed to merge to single feature of type Linestring-this is important later on)
What I want to calculate:
Snap each point to the route with a length
field indicating length distance along the route from the beginning of the route (and not beginning of the nearest route link etc.).
What I tried:
Using PostGis I tried
ST_Line_Locate_Point(ST_MakeLine(route.geom), points.geom)
I need ST_MakeLine
to form single LineString (as I told it's Multi Linestring), The problem is that still ST_Line_Locate_Point
returns error "first argument isn't Line", so I don't know whats going on here.
- Searched in all Qgis tool box for appropriate methods - haven't found one.
- Tried LRS plugin - seems not relevant for this use case.