Vanishing point line that lies in the plane , which is defined by the equation . Using perspective pinhole projections, a point on projected on the image plane will have coordinates defined as, This is the parametric representation of the image of the line with as the parameter. When it stops at the point on the axis of the image plane. This is the vanishing point corresponding to all parallel lines with slope in the plane . All vanishing points associated with different lines with different slopes belonging to plane will lie on the axis, which in this case is the horizon
Distance from a point to a line length of this projection is given by: Now, thus Since "Q" is a point on the line, formula_27, and so, It is possible to produce another expression to find the shortest distance of a point to a line. This derivation also requires that the line is not vertical or horizontal. The point P is given with coordinates (formula_29). The equation of a line is given by formula_30. The equation of the normal of that line which passes through the point P is given formula_31. The point at which these two lines intersect is the closest point on the original line