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ee.Geometry.MultiPoint.area
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Returns the area of the geometry. Area of points and line strings is 0 and the area of multi geometries is the sum of the areas of their components (intersecting areas are counted multiple times).
| Usage | Returns | MultiPoint.area(maxError, proj) | Float |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: geometry | Geometry | The geometry input. |
maxError | ErrorMargin, default: null | The maximum amount of error tolerated when performing any necessary reprojection. |
proj | Projection, default: null | If specified, the result will be in the units of the coordinate system of this projection. Otherwise it will be in square meters. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Define a MultiPoint object.
var multiPoint = ee.Geometry.MultiPoint([[-122.082, 37.420], [-122.081, 37.426]]);
// Apply the area method to the MultiPoint object.
var multiPointArea = multiPoint.area({'maxError': 1});
// Print the result to the console.
print('multiPoint.area(...) =', multiPointArea);
// Display relevant geometries on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);
Map.addLayer(multiPoint,
{'color': 'black'},
'Geometry [black]: multiPoint');
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 MultiPoint object.
multipoint = ee.Geometry.MultiPoint([[-122.082, 37.420], [-122.081, 37.426]])
# Apply the area method to the MultiPoint object.
multipoint_area = multipoint.area(maxError=1)
# Print the result.
display('multipoint.area(...) =', multipoint_area)
# Display relevant geometries on the map.
m = geemap.Map()
m.set_center(-122.085, 37.422, 15)
m.add_layer(multipoint, {'color': 'black'}, 'Geometry [black]: multipoint')
m
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Last updated 2024-09-19 UTC.
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