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ee.Geometry.LinearRing.type
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Returns the GeoJSON type of the geometry.
| Usage | Returns | LinearRing.type() | String |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: geometry | Geometry | |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Define a LinearRing object.
var linearRing = ee.Geometry.LinearRing(
[[-122.091, 37.420],
[-122.085, 37.422],
[-122.080, 37.430]]);
// Apply the type method to the LinearRing object.
var linearRingType = linearRing.type();
// Print the result to the console.
print('linearRing.type(...) =', linearRingType);
// Display relevant geometries on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);
Map.addLayer(linearRing,
{'color': 'black'},
'Geometry [black]: linearRing');
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 LinearRing object.
linearring = ee.Geometry.LinearRing(
[[-122.091, 37.420], [-122.085, 37.422], [-122.080, 37.430]]
)
# Apply the type method to the LinearRing object.
linearring_type = linearring.type()
# Print the result.
display('linearring.type(...) =', linearring_type)
# Display relevant geometries on the map.
m = geemap.Map()
m.set_center(-122.085, 37.422, 15)
m.add_layer(linearring, {'color': 'black'}, 'Geometry [black]: linearring')
m
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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