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ee.Geometry.Polygon.perimeter
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Returns the length of the perimeter of the polygonal parts of the geometry. The perimeter of multi geometries is the sum of the perimeters of their components.
| Usage | Returns | Polygon.perimeter(maxError, proj) | Float |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: geometry | Geometry | The input geometry. |
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 meters. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Define a Polygon object.
var polygon = ee.Geometry.Polygon(
[[[-122.092, 37.424],
[-122.086, 37.418],
[-122.079, 37.425],
[-122.085, 37.423]]]);
// Apply the perimeter method to the Polygon object.
var polygonPerimeter = polygon.perimeter({'maxError': 1});
// Print the result to the console.
print('polygon.perimeter(...) =', polygonPerimeter);
// Display relevant geometries on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);
Map.addLayer(polygon,
{'color': 'black'},
'Geometry [black]: polygon');
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 Polygon object.
polygon = ee.Geometry.Polygon([[
[-122.092, 37.424],
[-122.086, 37.418],
[-122.079, 37.425],
[-122.085, 37.423],
]])
# Apply the perimeter method to the Polygon object.
polygon_perimeter = polygon.perimeter(maxError=1)
# Print the result.
display('polygon.perimeter(...) =', polygon_perimeter)
# Display relevant geometries on the map.
m = geemap.Map()
m.set_center(-122.085, 37.422, 15)
m.add_layer(polygon, {'color': 'black'}, 'Geometry [black]: polygon')
m
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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