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ee.FeatureCollection.first

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Returns the initial entry from a collection.
The method FeatureCollection.first() takes a FeatureCollection as input and returns an Element.

Returns the first entry from a given collection.

Usage	Returns
`FeatureCollection. first ()`	Element

Argument	Type	Details
this: `collection`	FeatureCollection	The collection from which to select the first entry.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 // A global power plant FeatureCollection. 
 var 
  
 fc 
  
 = 
  
 ee 
 . 
 FeatureCollection 
 ( 
 'WRI/GPPD/power_plants' 
 ); 
 print 
 ( 
 'The first feature (power plant) in the collection' 
 , 
  
 fc 
 . 
 first 
 ());

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)

 # A global power plant FeatureCollection. 
 fc 
 = 
 ee 
 . 
 FeatureCollection 
 ( 
 'WRI/GPPD/power_plants' 
 ) 
 display 
 ( 
 'The first feature (power plant) in the collection:' 
 , 
 fc 
 . 
 first 
 ())

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Examples

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ee.FeatureCollection.first