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ee.FeatureCollection.first
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Returns the first entry from a given collection.
| Usage | Returns | FeatureCollection.first() | Element |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: collection | FeatureCollection | The collection from which to select the first entry. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// A global power plant FeatureCollection.
var fc = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants');
print('The first feature (power plant) in the collection', fc.first());
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)
from pprint import pprint
# A global power plant FeatureCollection.
fc = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants')
print('The first feature (power plant) in the collection:')
pprint(fc.first().getInfo())
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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