AI-generated Key Takeaways
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The
Geometry.centroid()method returns a point at the center of the highest-dimension components of a geometry, ignoring lower-dimensional components. -
The method accepts optional
maxErrorandprojarguments to control the accuracy of reprojection and the output projection. -
The
centroidmethod can be applied to a Geometry object in both JavaScript and Python environments.
| Usage | Returns |
|---|---|
Geometry.
centroid
( maxError
, proj
)
|
Geometry |
| Argument | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
|
this:
geometry
|
Geometry | Calculates the centroid of this geometry. |
maxError
|
ErrorMargin, default: null | The maximum amount of error tolerated when performing any necessary reprojection. |
proj
|
Projection, default: null | If specified, the result will be in this projection. Otherwise it will be in EPSG:4326. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Define a Geometry object. var geometry = ee . Geometry ({ 'type' : 'Polygon' , 'coordinates' : [[[ - 122.081 , 37.417 ], [ - 122.086 , 37.421 ], [ - 122.084 , 37.418 ], [ - 122.089 , 37.416 ]]] }); // Apply the centroid method to the Geometry object. var geometryCentroid = geometry . centroid ({ 'maxError' : 1 }); // Print the result to the console. print ( 'geometry.centroid(...) =' , geometryCentroid ); // Display relevant geometries on the map. Map . setCenter ( - 122.085 , 37.422 , 15 ); Map . addLayer ( geometry , { 'color' : 'black' }, 'Geometry [black]: geometry' ); Map . addLayer ( geometryCentroid , { 'color' : 'red' }, 'Result [red]: geometry.centroid' );
import ee import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
# Define a Geometry object. geometry = ee . Geometry ({ 'type' : 'Polygon' , 'coordinates' : [[ [ - 122.081 , 37.417 ], [ - 122.086 , 37.421 ], [ - 122.084 , 37.418 ], [ - 122.089 , 37.416 ], ]], }) # Apply the centroid method to the Geometry object. geometry_centroid = geometry . centroid ( maxError = 1 ) # Print the result. display ( 'geometry.centroid(...) =' , geometry_centroid ) # Display relevant geometries on the map. m = geemap . Map () m . set_center ( - 122.085 , 37.422 , 15 ) m . add_layer ( geometry , { 'color' : 'black' }, 'Geometry [black]: geometry' ) m . add_layer ( geometry_centroid , { 'color' : 'red' }, 'Result [red]: geometry.centroid' ) m
