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ee.Kernel.inverse
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Returns a kernel which has each of its weights multiplicatively inverted. Weights with a value of zero are not inverted and remain zero.
| Usage | Returns | Kernel.inverse() | Kernel |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: kernel | Kernel | The kernel to have its entries inverted. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
var sobelKernel = ee.Kernel.sobel();
print(sobelKernel);
/**
* Output weights matrix
*
* [-1, 0, 1]
* [-2, 0, 2]
* [-1, 0, 1]
*/
print('Inverse of Sobel kernel weights', sobelKernel.inverse());
/**
* [-1.0, 0.0, 1.0]
* [-0.5, 0.0, 0.5]
* [-1.0, 0.0, 1.0]
*/
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)
from pprint import pprint
sobel_kernel = ee.Kernel.sobel()
pprint(sobel_kernel.getInfo())
# Output weights matrix
# [-1, 0, 1]
# [-2, 0, 2]
# [-1, 0, 1]
print('Inverse of Sobel kernel weights:')
pprint(sobel_kernel.inverse().getInfo())
# [-1.0, 0.0, 1.0]
# [-0.5, 0.0, 0.5]
# [-1.0, 0.0, 1.0]
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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