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ee.FeatureCollection.filter
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Apply a filter to this collection.
Returns the filtered collection.
| Usage | Returns | FeatureCollection.filter(filter) | Collection |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: collection | Collection | The Collection instance. |
filter | Filter | A filter to apply to this collection. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Get Denver county polygon.
var denver = ee.FeatureCollection('FAO/GAUL_SIMPLIFIED_500m/2015/level2')
.filter("ADM2_NAME == 'Denver'")
.filter(ee.Filter.eq('ADM2_NAME', 'Denver')) // Exactly the same as above.
.first()
.geometry();
Map.centerObject(denver, 9);
Map.addLayer(denver, null, 'Denver');
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
# Get Denver county polygon.
denver = (
ee.FeatureCollection('FAO/GAUL_SIMPLIFIED_500m/2015/level2')
.filter("ADM2_NAME == 'Denver'")
.filter(ee.Filter.eq('ADM2_NAME', 'Denver')) # Exactly the same as above.
.first()
.geometry()
)
m = geemap.Map()
m.center_object(denver, 9)
m.add_layer(denver, None, 'Denver')
m
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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