AI-generated Key Takeaways
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The length method calculates the length of the linear parts of a geometry, ignoring polygonal parts.
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The length of multi geometries is the sum of the lengths of their component linear parts.
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The method takes optional
maxErrorandprojarguments to control the accuracy of reprojection and the units of the result. -
The method returns a float representing the calculated length.
| Usage | Returns |
|---|---|
MultiLineString.
length
( maxError
, proj
)
|
Float |
| Argument | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
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this:
geometry
|
Geometry | The input geometry. |
maxError
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ErrorMargin, default: null | The maximum amount of error tolerated when performing any necessary reprojection. |
proj
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Projection, default: null | If specified, the result will be in the units of the coordinate system of this projection. Otherwise it will be in meters. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Define a MultiLineString object. var multiLineString = ee . Geometry . MultiLineString ( [[[ - 122.088 , 37.418 ], [ - 122.086 , 37.422 ], [ - 122.082 , 37.418 ]], [[ - 122.087 , 37.416 ], [ - 122.083 , 37.416 ], [ - 122.082 , 37.419 ]]]); // Apply the length method to the MultiLineString object. var multiLineStringLength = multiLineString . length (); // Print the result to the console. print ( 'multiLineString.length(...) =' , multiLineStringLength ); // Display relevant geometries on the map. Map . setCenter ( - 122.085 , 37.422 , 15 ); Map . addLayer ( multiLineString , { 'color' : 'black' }, 'Geometry [black]: multiLineString' );
import ee import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
# Define a MultiLineString object. multilinestring = ee . Geometry . MultiLineString ([ [[ - 122.088 , 37.418 ], [ - 122.086 , 37.422 ], [ - 122.082 , 37.418 ]], [[ - 122.087 , 37.416 ], [ - 122.083 , 37.416 ], [ - 122.082 , 37.419 ]], ]) # Apply the length method to the MultiLineString object. multilinestring_length = multilinestring . length () # Print the result. display ( 'multilinestring.length(...) =' , multilinestring_length ) # Display relevant geometries on the map. m = geemap . Map () m . set_center ( - 122.085 , 37.422 , 15 ) m . add_layer ( multilinestring , { 'color' : 'black' }, 'Geometry [black]: multilinestring' ) m

