ee.Geometry.MultiLineString.serialize

  • The serialize method returns the serialized representation of a MultiLineString object.

  • It can optionally take a boolean argument legacy to enable a legacy format.

  • The method returns a String.

  • Examples are provided in JavaScript and Python demonstrating how to use the serialize method and display the results.

Returns the serialized representation of this object.

UsageReturns
MultiLineString.serialize(legacy)String
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: geometryGeometryThe Geometry instance.
legacyBoolean, optionalEnables legacy format.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// Define a MultiLineString object.
var multiLineString = ee.Geometry.MultiLineString(
   [[[-122.088, 37.418], [-122.086, 37.422], [-122.082, 37.418]],
    [[-122.087, 37.416], [-122.083, 37.416], [-122.082, 37.419]]]);

// Apply the serialize method to the MultiLineString object.
var multiLineStringSerialize = multiLineString.serialize();

// Print the result to the console.
print('multiLineString.serialize(...) =', multiLineStringSerialize);

// Display relevant geometries on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);
Map.addLayer(multiLineString,
             {'color': 'black'},
             'Geometry [black]: multiLineString');

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 MultiLineString object.
multilinestring = ee.Geometry.MultiLineString([
    [[-122.088, 37.418], [-122.086, 37.422], [-122.082, 37.418]],
    [[-122.087, 37.416], [-122.083, 37.416], [-122.082, 37.419]],
])

# Apply the serialize method to the MultiLineString object.
multilinestring_serialize = multilinestring.serialize()

# Print the result.
display('multilinestring.serialize(...) =', multilinestring_serialize)

# Display relevant geometries on the map.
m = geemap.Map()
m.set_center(-122.085, 37.422, 15)
m.add_layer(
    multilinestring, {'color': 'black'}, 'Geometry [black]: multilinestring'
)
m