AI-generated Key Takeaways
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The
copyPropertiesmethod copies metadata properties from a source element to a destination element. -
You can choose to copy all non-system properties, a specific list of properties, or all properties except for a specified list.
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The method returns the modified destination element with the copied properties.
| Usage | Returns |
|---|---|
FeatureCollection.
copyProperties
( source
, properties
, exclude
)
|
Element |
| Argument | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
|
this:
destination
|
Element, default: null | The object whose properties to override. |
source
|
Element, default: null | The object from which to copy the properties. |
properties
|
List, default: null | The properties to copy. If omitted, all ordinary (i.e. non-system) properties are copied. |
exclude
|
List, default: null | The list of properties to exclude when copying all properties. Must not be specified if properties is. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Import a Landsat 8 surface reflectance image to sample. var image = ee . Image ( 'LANDSAT/LC08/C02/T1_L2/LC08_038032_20170722' ) // Select the optical bands. . select ([ 'SR_B.' ]); // Get the image geometry to define the geographical bounds of the sample. var imageBounds = image . geometry (); // Sample the image at a set of random points; a feature collection is returned. var pointSampleFc = image . sample ( { region : imageBounds , scale : 30 , numPixels : 5 , geometries : true }); // Copy image properties to the FeatureCollection; three options follow. print ( 'All non-system image properties copied to the FeatureCollection' , pointSampleFc . copyProperties ( image )); print ( 'Selected image properties copied to the FeatureCollection' , pointSampleFc . copyProperties ({ source : image , properties : [ 'system:time_start' , 'SPACECRAFT_ID' ] })); print ( 'All but selected image properties copied to the FeatureCollection' , pointSampleFc . copyProperties ({ source : image , exclude : [ 'TIRS_SSM_MODEL' , 'TIRS_SSM_POSITION_STATUS' ] }));
import ee import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
# Import a Landsat 8 surface reflectance image to sample. image = ee . Image ( 'LANDSAT/LC08/C02/T1_L2/LC08_038032_20170722' ) . select ( # Select the optical bands. [ 'SR_B.' ]) # Get the image geometry to define the geographical bounds of the sample. image_bounds = image . geometry () # Sample the image at a set of random points; a feature collection is returned. point_sample_fc = image . sample ( ** { 'region' : image_bounds , 'scale' : 30 , 'numPixels' : 5 , 'geometries' : True }) # Copy image properties to the FeatureCollection; three options follow. display ( 'All non-system image properties copied to the FeatureCollection:' , point_sample_fc . copyProperties ( image )) display ( 'Selected image properties copied to the FeatureCollection:' , point_sample_fc . copyProperties ( ** { 'source' : image , 'properties' : [ 'system:time_start' , 'SPACECRAFT_ID' ] })) display ( 'All but selected image properties copied to the FeatureCollection:' , point_sample_fc . copyProperties ( ** { 'source' : image , 'exclude' : [ 'TIRS_SSM_MODEL' , 'TIRS_SSM_POSITION_STATUS' ] }))

