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ee.FeatureCollection.serialize
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Returns the serialized representation of this object.
| Usage | Returns | FeatureCollection.serialize(legacy) | String |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: computedobject | ComputedObject | The ComputedObject instance. |
legacy | Boolean, optional | Enables legacy format. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium.
var fc = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants')
.filter('country_lg == "Belgium"');
print('Serialized representation of ee.FeatureCollection', fc.serialize());
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)
# FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium.
fc = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants').filter(
'country_lg == "Belgium"')
print('Serialized representation of ee.FeatureCollection:',
fc.serialize())
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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