Returns a collection description whose fields include:
- features: a list containing metadata about the features in the collection.
- properties: an optional dictionary containing the collection's metadata properties.
| Usage | Returns |
|---|---|
FeatureCollection.getInfo(callback) | FeatureCollectionDescription |
| Argument | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
this: featurecollection | FeatureCollection | The FeatureCollection instance. |
callback | Function, optional | An optional callback. If not supplied, the call is made synchronously. If supplied, will be called with the first parameter if successful and the second if unsuccessful. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
/**
* WARNING: this function transfers data from Earth Engine servers to the
* client. Doing so can negatively affect request processing and client
* performance. Server-side options should be used whenever possible.
* Learn more about the distinction between server and client:
* https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/guides/client_server
*/
// A server-side ee.FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium.
var fcServer = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants')
.filter('country_lg == "Belgium"');
// Use getInfo to transfer server-side feature collection to the client. The
// result is an object.
var fcClient = fcServer.getInfo();
print('Client-side feature collection is an object', typeof fcClient);
print('Feature collection object keys', Object.keys(fcClient));
print('Array of features', fcClient.features);
print('Properties of first feature', fcClient.features[0].properties);
import ee import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
"""WARNING: this function transfers data from Earth Engine servers to the
client. Doing so can negatively affect request processing and client
performance. Server-side options should be used whenever possible.
Learn more about the distinction between server and client:
https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/guides/client_server
"""
# A server-side ee.FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium.
fc_server = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants').filter(
'country_lg == "Belgium"')
# Use getInfo to transfer server-side feature collection to the client. The
# result is an object.
fc_client = fc_server.getInfo()
print('Client-side feature collection is a dictionary:', type(fc_client))
print('Feature collection dictionary keys:', fc_client.keys())
print('Array of features:', fc_client['features'])
print('Properties of first feature:', fc_client['features'][0]['properties'])