Get nearest coordinate in a 2D numpy array

I’ve seen many of the posts on how to get closes value in a numpy array, how to get closest coordinate in a 2D array etc. But none of them seem to solve what I am looking for.

The problem is, I have a 2D numpy array as such:

[[77.62881735 12.91172607]          
 [77.6464534  12.9230648]
 [77.65330961 12.92020244]
 [77.63142413 12.90909731]]

And I have one numpy array like this:

[77.64000112 12.91602265]

Now I want to find a coordinate in the 2D numpy array that is closest to the co-ordinates in 1D array.

That said, I am a beginner in these stuffs..So any input is appreciated.

>Solution :

I assume you mean euclidean distance. Try this:

a = np.array([[77.62881735, 12.91172607],          
              [77.6464534,  12.9230648],
 [77.65330961,12.92020244],
 [77.63142413 ,12.90909731]])

b = np.array([77.64000112, 12.91602265])

idx_min = np.sum( (a-b)**2, axis=1, keepdims=True).argmin(axis=0)
idx_min, a[idx_min]

Output:

(array([1], dtype=int64), array([[77.6464534, 12.9230648]]))