Closest point based on angle and distance

Question

I have a set of points P1,P2 and P3. I am trying to find the closest point to P1 by using the angle and distance informations. As you can See the closest point to P1 is P2 base on the Y coordinates but the angle deviation is greater than the angle with P3. The point that i should chose as solution should be P3. Is there a formula or a similar problem that was solved?

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Closest Point

Perhaps http://math.stackexchange.com/ would be a more appropriate place to ask this question. — Emond, Oct 21 '13 at 09:54

elnigno · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-21T09:43:57.253

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If I have understood your problem correctly, then the distance between two points is Y-distance / cos(\theta)

edited Oct 21 '13 at 09:43

answered Oct 21 '13 at 09:24

elnigno

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So Suppose the angle between < P1,P2 = 35° and – Hani Goc Oct 21 '13 at 09:31

Closest point based on angle and distance

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