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ee.Geometry.Rectangle.bounds
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Returns the bounding rectangle of the geometry.
| Usage | Returns | Rectangle.bounds(maxError, proj) | Geometry |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: geometry | Geometry | Return the bounding box of this 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 this projection. Otherwise it will be in EPSG:4326. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Define a Rectangle object.
var rectangle = ee.Geometry.Rectangle(-122.09, 37.42, -122.08, 37.43);
// Apply the bounds method to the Rectangle object.
var rectangleBounds = rectangle.bounds();
// Print the result to the console.
print('rectangle.bounds(...) =', rectangleBounds);
// Display relevant geometries on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);
Map.addLayer(rectangle,
{'color': 'black'},
'Geometry [black]: rectangle');
Map.addLayer(rectangleBounds,
{'color': 'red'},
'Result [red]: rectangle.bounds');
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 Rectangle object.
rectangle = ee.Geometry.Rectangle(-122.09, 37.42, -122.08, 37.43)
# Apply the bounds method to the Rectangle object.
rectangle_bounds = rectangle.bounds()
# Print the result.
display('rectangle.bounds(...) =', rectangle_bounds)
# Display relevant geometries on the map.
m = geemap.Map()
m.set_center(-122.085, 37.422, 15)
m.add_layer(rectangle, {'color': 'black'}, 'Geometry [black]: rectangle')
m.add_layer(
rectangle_bounds, {'color': 'red'}, 'Result [red]: rectangle.bounds'
)
m
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Last updated 2024-06-05 UTC.
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