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ee.FeatureCollection.size
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Returns the number of elements in the collection.
| Usage | Returns | FeatureCollection.size() | Integer |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: collection | FeatureCollection | The collection to count. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium.
var fc = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants')
.filter('country_lg == "Belgium"');
print('Number of power plants in Belgium', fc.size());
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('Number of power plants in Belgium:', fc.size().getInfo())
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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