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ee.Geometry.Rectangle.edgesAreGeodesics
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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.
| Usage | Returns | Rectangle.edgesAreGeodesics() | Boolean |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: geometry | Geometry | |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Define a Rectangle object.
var rectangle = ee.Geometry.Rectangle(-122.09, 37.42, -122.08, 37.43);
// Apply the edgesAreGeodesics method to the Rectangle object.
var rectangleEdgesAreGeodesics = rectangle.edgesAreGeodesics();
// Print the result to the console.
print('rectangle.edgesAreGeodesics(...) =', rectangleEdgesAreGeodesics);
// Display relevant geometries on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);
Map.addLayer(rectangle,
{'color': 'black'},
'Geometry [black]: rectangle');
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 edgesAreGeodesics method to the Rectangle object.
rectangle_edges_are_geodesics = rectangle.edgesAreGeodesics()
# Print the result.
display('rectangle.edgesAreGeodesics(...) =', rectangle_edges_are_geodesics)
# 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
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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