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ee.ImageCollection
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ImageCollections can be constructed from the following arguments:
- A string: assumed to be the name of a collection,
- A list of images, or anything that can be used to construct an image.
- A single image.
- A computed object - reinterpreted as a collection.
| Usage | Returns | ee.ImageCollection(args) | ImageCollection |
| Argument | Type | Details | args | ComputedObject|Image|List<Object>|String | The constructor arguments. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
print('Image collection from a string',
ee.ImageCollection('COPERNICUS/S2_SR').limit(3));
var img1 = ee.Image('COPERNICUS/S2_SR/20170328T083601_20170328T084228_T35RNK');
var img2 = ee.Image('COPERNICUS/S2_SR/20170328T083601_20170328T084228_T35RNL');
var img3 = ee.Image('COPERNICUS/S2_SR/20170328T083601_20170328T084228_T35RNM');
print('Image collection from a list of images',
ee.ImageCollection([img1, img2, img3]));
print('Image collection from a single image',
ee.ImageCollection(img1));
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)
print('Image collection from a string:',
ee.ImageCollection('COPERNICUS/S2_SR').limit(3).getInfo())
img1 = ee.Image('COPERNICUS/S2_SR/20170328T083601_20170328T084228_T35RNK')
img2 = ee.Image('COPERNICUS/S2_SR/20170328T083601_20170328T084228_T35RNL')
img3 = ee.Image('COPERNICUS/S2_SR/20170328T083601_20170328T084228_T35RNM')
print('Image collection from a list of images:',
ee.ImageCollection([img1, img2, img3]).getInfo())
print('Image collection from a single image:',
ee.ImageCollection(img1).getInfo())
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Last updated 2025-07-08 UTC.
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