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ee.Geometry.MultiPolygon.projection
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Returns the projection of the geometry.
| Usage | Returns | MultiPolygon.projection() | Projection |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: geometry | Geometry | |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Define a MultiPolygon object.
var multiPolygon = ee.Geometry.MultiPolygon(
[[[[-122.092, 37.424],
[-122.086, 37.418],
[-122.079, 37.425],
[-122.085, 37.423]]],
[[[-122.081, 37.417],
[-122.086, 37.421],
[-122.089, 37.416]]]]);
// Apply the projection method to the MultiPolygon object.
var multiPolygonProjection = multiPolygon.projection();
// Print the result to the console.
print('multiPolygon.projection(...) =', multiPolygonProjection);
// Display relevant geometries on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);
Map.addLayer(multiPolygon,
{'color': 'black'},
'Geometry [black]: multiPolygon');
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 MultiPolygon object.
multipolygon = ee.Geometry.MultiPolygon([
[[
[-122.092, 37.424],
[-122.086, 37.418],
[-122.079, 37.425],
[-122.085, 37.423],
]],
[[[-122.081, 37.417], [-122.086, 37.421], [-122.089, 37.416]]],
])
# Apply the projection method to the MultiPolygon object.
multipolygon_projection = multipolygon.projection()
# Print the result.
display('multipolygon.projection(...) =', multipolygon_projection)
# Display relevant geometries on the map.
m = geemap.Map()
m.set_center(-122.085, 37.422, 15)
m.add_layer(
multipolygon, {'color': 'black'}, 'Geometry [black]: multipolygon'
)
m
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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