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ee.Geometry.geometries
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Returns the list of geometries in a GeometryCollection, or a singleton list of the geometry for single geometries.
| Usage | Returns | Geometry.geometries() | List |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: geometry | Geometry | |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Define a Geometry object.
var geometry = ee.Geometry({
'type': 'Polygon',
'coordinates':
[[[-122.081, 37.417],
[-122.086, 37.421],
[-122.084, 37.418],
[-122.089, 37.416]]]
});
// Apply the geometries method to the Geometry object.
var geometryGeometries = geometry.geometries();
// Print the result to the console.
print('geometry.geometries(...) =', geometryGeometries);
// Display relevant geometries on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);
Map.addLayer(geometry,
{'color': 'black'},
'Geometry [black]: geometry');
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)
# Define a Geometry object.
geometry = ee.Geometry({
'type': 'Polygon',
'coordinates': [[
[-122.081, 37.417],
[-122.086, 37.421],
[-122.084, 37.418],
[-122.089, 37.416],
]],
})
# Apply the geometries method to the Geometry object.
geometry_geometries = geometry.geometries()
# Print the result.
display('geometry.geometries(...) =', geometry_geometries)
# Display relevant geometries on the map.
m = geemap.Map()
m.set_center(-122.085, 37.422, 15)
m.add_layer(geometry, {'color': 'black'}, 'Geometry [black]: geometry')
m
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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