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ee.Image.connectedPixelCount
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Generate an image where each pixel contains the number of 4- or 8-connected neighbors (including itself).
| Usage | Returns | Image.connectedPixelCount(maxSize, eightConnected) | Image |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: input | Image | The input image. |
maxSize | Integer, default: 100 | The maximum size of the neighborhood in pixels. |
eightConnected | Boolean, default: true | Whether to use 8-connected rather 4-connected rules. |
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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