shortest distance from a polygon to some point on map

[sabres207]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe 🙏

I need a way to tell the shortest distance of a point to a polygon.
it seems to be much harder than I thought, and I found out that there you can do that using google earth engine, by:
ee.Geometry.Polygon.distance(point)

Describe the solution you'd like 🤔

Option to use earth engine api from within the library,
or any other way to calculate the distance of a polygon from a point on a map.

Describe alternatives you've considered ✨

I considered having function that calculate it myself, but then I realised it won't necessary be correct on a sphere.
I also tried to investigate google maps functions, but failed to find what I need.