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Returns a feature collection in which each geometry in the drawing tools is a feature.
Usage
Returns
DrawingTools.toFeatureCollection(indexProperty)
FeatureCollection
Argument
Type
Details
this:ui.map.drawingtools
ui.Map.DrawingTools
The ui.Map.DrawingTools instance.
indexProperty
String
A property with this name will be assigned to every feature in the returned collection. The value of the property will be a number that corresponds to the index of the geometry layer to which the geometry belongs.
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