ee.Geometry.Point.edgesAreGeodesics

  • The edgesAreGeodesics() method returns true if geometry edges are geodesics along a spherical Earth model and false if edges are straight lines in the projection.

  • This method is applied to a Geometry object and returns a Boolean value.

  • The provided examples demonstrate how to use edgesAreGeodesics() in both JavaScript and Python environments.

 Returns true if the geometry edges, if any, are geodesics along a spherical model of the earth; if false, any edges are straight lines in the projection.

UsageReturns
Point.edgesAreGeodesics()Boolean
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: geometryGeometry

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// Define a Point object.
var point = ee.Geometry.Point(-122.082, 37.42);

// Apply the edgesAreGeodesics method to the Point object.
var pointEdgesAreGeodesics = point.edgesAreGeodesics();

// Print the result to the console.
print('point.edgesAreGeodesics(...) =', pointEdgesAreGeodesics);

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

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 Point object.
point = ee.Geometry.Point(-122.082, 37.42)

# Apply the edgesAreGeodesics method to the Point object.
point_edges_are_geodesics = point.edgesAreGeodesics()

# Print the result.
display('point.edgesAreGeodesics(...) =', point_edges_are_geodesics)

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