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ee.Geometry.MultiPoint.symmetricDifference
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Returns the symmetric difference between two geometries.
| Usage | Returns | MultiPoint.symmetricDifference(right, maxError, proj) | Geometry |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: left | Geometry | The geometry used as the left operand of the operation. |
right | Geometry | The geometry used as the right operand of the operation. |
maxError | ErrorMargin, default: null | The maximum amount of error tolerated when performing any necessary reprojection. |
proj | Projection, default: null | The projection in which to perform the operation. If not specified, the operation will be performed in a spherical coordinate system, and linear distances will be in meters on the sphere. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Define a MultiPoint object.
var multiPoint = ee.Geometry.MultiPoint([[-122.082, 37.420], [-122.081, 37.426]]);
// Define other inputs.
var inputGeom = ee.Geometry.BBox(-122.085, 37.415, -122.075, 37.425);
// Apply the symmetricDifference method to the MultiPoint object.
var multiPointSymmetricDifference = multiPoint.symmetricDifference({'right': inputGeom, 'maxError': 1});
// Print the result to the console.
print('multiPoint.symmetricDifference(...) =', multiPointSymmetricDifference);
// Display relevant geometries on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);
Map.addLayer(multiPoint,
{'color': 'black'},
'Geometry [black]: multiPoint');
Map.addLayer(inputGeom,
{'color': 'blue'},
'Parameter [blue]: inputGeom');
Map.addLayer(multiPointSymmetricDifference,
{'color': 'red'},
'Result [red]: multiPoint.symmetricDifference');
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]])
# Define other inputs.
input_geom = ee.Geometry.BBox(-122.085, 37.415, -122.075, 37.425)
# Apply the symmetricDifference method to the MultiPoint object.
multipoint_symmetric_difference = multipoint.symmetricDifference(
right=input_geom, maxError=1
)
# Print the result.
display(
'multipoint.symmetricDifference(...) =', multipoint_symmetric_difference
)
# 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.add_layer(input_geom, {'color': 'blue'}, 'Parameter [blue]: input_geom')
m.add_layer(
multipoint_symmetric_difference,
{'color': 'red'},
'Result [red]: multipoint.symmetricDifference',
)
m
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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