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ee.Kernel.prewitt

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The ee.Kernel.prewitt method generates a 3x3 Prewitt edge-detection kernel.
The kernel can be scaled using the magnitude argument and normalized using the normalize argument.
The method returns a Kernel object.

Generates a 3x3 Prewitt edge-detection kernel.

Usage	Returns
`ee.Kernel.prewitt( magnitude , normalize )`	Kernel

Argument	Type	Details
`magnitude`	Float, default: 1	Scale each value by this amount.
`normalize`	Boolean, default: false	Normalize the kernel values to sum to 1.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 print 
 ( 
 'A Prewitt kernel' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Kernel 
 . 
 prewitt 
 ()); 
 /** 
 * Output weights matrix 
 * 
 * [1, 0, -1] 
 * [1, 0, -1] 
 * [1, 0, -1] 
 */

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)

 display 
 ( 
 'A Prewitt kernel:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Kernel 
 . 
 prewitt 
 ()) 
 # Output weights matrix 
 #  [1, 0, -1] 
 #  [1, 0, -1] 
 #  [1, 0, -1]

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ee.Kernel.prewitt