AI-generated Key Takeaways
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The
limitmethod on a Collection instance limits the collection to a specified number of elements. -
You can optionally sort the collection by a property before limiting, and specify ascending or descending order.
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The method returns the limited collection.
Returns the limited collection.
| Usage | Returns |
|---|---|
FeatureCollection.
limit
(max, property
, ascending
)
|
Collection |
| Argument | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
|
this:
collection
|
Collection | The Collection instance. |
max
|
Number | The number to limit the collection to. |
property
|
String, optional | The property to sort by, if sorting. |
ascending
|
Boolean, optional | Whether to sort in ascending or descending order. The default is true (ascending). |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// FeatureCollection of global power plants. var fc = ee . FeatureCollection ( 'WRI/GPPD/power_plants' ); print ( 'First 5 features (power plants)' , fc . limit ( 5 )); print ( 'Smallest 5 power plants by capacity in ascending order' , fc . limit ({ max : 5 , property : 'capacitymw' })); print ( 'Largest 5 power plants by capacity in descending order' , fc . limit ({ max : 5 , property : 'capacitymw' , ascending : false }));
import ee import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
# FeatureCollection of global power plants. fc = ee . FeatureCollection ( 'WRI/GPPD/power_plants' ) display ( 'First 5 features (power plants):' , fc . limit ( 5 )) display ( 'Smallest 5 power plants by capacity in ascending order:' , fc . limit ( ** { 'maximum' : 5 , 'opt_property' : 'capacitymw' })) display ( 'Largest 5 power plants by capacity in descending order:' , fc . limit ( ** { 'maximum' : 5 , 'opt_property' : 'capacitymw' , 'opt_ascending' : False }))
