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ee.FeatureCollection.toDictionary
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Extract properties from a feature as a dictionary.
| Usage | Returns | FeatureCollection.toDictionary(properties) | Dictionary |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: element | Element | The feature to extract the property from. |
properties | List, default: null | The list of properties to extract. Defaults to all non-system properties. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// FeatureCollection of power plants.
var fc = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants');
print('All non-system FeatureCollection properties as an ee.Dictionary',
fc.toDictionary());
print('Selected properties as an ee.Dictionary',
fc.toDictionary(['description', 'provider']));
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.
fc = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants')
print('All non-system FeatureCollection properties as an ee.Dictionary:',
fc.toDictionary().getInfo())
print('Selected properties as an ee.Dictionary:',
fc.toDictionary(['description', 'provider']).getInfo())
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Last updated 2024-07-13 UTC.
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