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ee.Geometry.Point.type
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Returns the GeoJSON type of the geometry.
| Usage | Returns | Point.type() | String |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: geometry | Geometry | |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Define a Point object.
var point = ee.Geometry.Point(-122.082, 37.42);
// Apply the type method to the Point object.
var pointType = point.type();
// Print the result to the console.
print('point.type(...) =', pointType);
// 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 type method to the Point object.
point_type = point.type()
# Print the result.
display('point.type(...) =', point_type)
# 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
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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