ee.FeatureCollection.runBigQuery

Runs a BigQuery query, fetches the results and presents the them as a FeatureCollection.

UsageReturns
ee.FeatureCollection.runBigQuery(query, geometryColumn, maxBytesBilled)FeatureCollection
ArgumentTypeDetails
queryStringGoogleSQL query to perform on the BigQuery resources.
geometryColumnString, default: nullThe name of the column to use as the main feature geometry. If not specified, the first geometry column will be used.
maxBytesBilledLong, default: 100000000000Maximum number of bytes billed while processing the query. Any BigQuery job that exceeds this limit will fail and won't be billed.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// Get places from Overture Maps Dataset in BigQuery public data.
Map.setCenter(-3.69, 40.41, 12)
var mapGeometry= ee.Geometry(Map.getBounds(true)).toGeoJSONString();
var sql =
    "SELECT geometry, names.primary as name, categories.primary as category "
 + " FROM bigquery-public-data.overture_maps.place "
 + " WHERE ST_INTERSECTS(geometry, ST_GEOGFROMGEOJSON('" + mapGeometry+ "'))";

var features = ee.FeatureCollection.runBigQuery({
  query: sql,
  geometryColumn: 'geometry'
});

// Display all relevant features on the map.
Map.addLayer(features,
             {'color': 'black'},
             'Places from Overture Maps Dataset');


// Create a histogram of the categories and print it.
var propertyOfInterest = 'category';
var histogram = features.filter(ee.Filter.notNull([propertyOfInterest]))
                        .aggregate_histogram(propertyOfInterest);
print(histogram);

// Create a frequency chart for the histogram.
var categories = histogram.keys().map(function(k) {
  return ee.Feature(null, {
    key: k,
    value: histogram.get(k)
  });
});
var sortedCategories = ee.FeatureCollection(categories).sort('value', false);
print(ui.Chart.feature.byFeature(sortedCategories).setChartType('Table'));

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)

import json
import pandas as pd

# Get places from Overture Maps Dataset in BigQuery public data.
location = ee.Geometry.Point(-3.69, 40.41)
map_geometry = json.dumps(location.buffer(5e3).getInfo())

sql = f"""SELECT geometry, names.primary as name, categories.primary as category
FROM bigquery-public-data.overture_maps.place
WHERE ST_INTERSECTS(geometry, ST_GEOGFROMGEOJSON('{map_geometry}'))"""

features = ee.FeatureCollection.runBigQuery(
    query=sql, geometryColumn="geometry"
)

# Display all relevant features on the map.
m = geemap.Map()
m.center_object(location, 13)
m.add_layer(features, {'color': 'black'}, 'Places from Overture Maps Dataset')
display(m)

# Create a histogram of the place categories.
property_of_interest = 'category'
histogram = (
    features.filter(
        ee.Filter.notNull([property_of_interest])
    ).aggregate_histogram(property_of_interest)
).getInfo()

# Display the histogram as a pandas DataFrame.
df = pd.DataFrame(list(histogram.items()), columns=['category', 'frequency'])
df = df.sort_values(by=['frequency'], ascending=False, ignore_index=True)
display(df)