AI-generated Key Takeaways
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The Thumbnail resource provides information about a thumbnail image.
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It includes fields such as name, expression, file format, band IDs, visualization options, grid, and filename prefix.
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Methods available for thumbnails are
createto generate an ID for rendering andgetPixelsto compute and get the resulting image.
Resource: Thumbnail
Information about a thumbnail.
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{ "name" : string , "expression" : { object ( |
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name
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The resource name representing the thumbnail, of the form "projects/*/thumbnails/**" (e.g. "projects/earthengine-legacy/thumbnails/ |
expression
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The expression to compute. Must evaluate to an Image. |
fileFormat
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The output encoding in which to generate the resulting image. |
bandIds[]
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If present, specifies a specific set of bands that will be selected from the result of evaluating |
visualizationOptions
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If present, a set of visualization options to apply to produce an 8-bit RGB visualization of the data. |
grid
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An optional pixel grid describing how the image computed by |
filenamePrefix
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Only used when fileFormat is ZIPPED_GEO_TIFF or ZIPPED_GEO_TIFF_PER_BAND. |
Methods |
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Creates an ID that can be used to render a "thumbnail" image. |
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Computes an image showing the result of a computation. |

