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ee.Image.projection
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Returns the default projection of an Image. Throws an error if the bands of the image don't all have the same projection.
| Usage | Returns | Image.projection() | Projection |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: image | Image | The image from which to get the projection. |
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Last updated 2024-07-13 UTC.
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