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REST Resource: projects.videoThumbnails
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Resource: VideoThumbnail
Information about a video thumbnail.
| Fields |
name |
string
The resource name representing the video thumbnail, of the form "projects/*/videoThumbnails/**" (e.g. "projects/earthengine-legacy/videoThumbnails/").
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expression |
object (Expression)
The expression to compute. Must evaluate to an ImageCollection.
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videoOptions |
object (VideoOptions)
Options for the animation.
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fileFormat |
enum (VideoFileFormat)
The output encoding in which to generate the resulting video thumbnail. Currently only GIF is supported.
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grid |
object (PixelGrid)
An optional pixel grid describing how the images computed by expression are reprojected and clipped.
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Methods |
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Creates an ID that can be used to render an image containing an animation of multiple images from a collection. |
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Computes an image showing the result of a computation. |
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Last updated 2025-03-06 UTC.
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