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ee.Geometry.Point.edgesAreGeodesics

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The edgesAreGeodesics() method returns true if geometry edges are geodesics along a spherical Earth model and false if edges are straight lines in the projection.
This method is applied to a Geometry object and returns a Boolean value.
The provided examples demonstrate how to use edgesAreGeodesics() in both JavaScript and Python environments.

Returns true if the geometry edges, if any, are geodesics along a spherical model of the earth; if false, any edges are straight lines in the projection.

Usage	Returns
`Point. edgesAreGeodesics ()`	Boolean

Argument	Type	Details
this: `geometry`	Geometry

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 // Define a Point object. 
 var 
  
 point 
  
 = 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Geometry 
 . 
 Point 
 ( 
 - 
 122.082 
 , 
  
 37.42 
 ); 
 // Apply the edgesAreGeodesics method to the Point object. 
 var 
  
 pointEdgesAreGeodesics 
  
 = 
  
 point 
 . 
 edgesAreGeodesics 
 (); 
 // Print the result to the console. 
 print 
 ( 
 'point.edgesAreGeodesics(...) =' 
 , 
  
 pointEdgesAreGeodesics 
 ); 
 // Display relevant geometries on the map. 
 Map 
 . 
 setCenter 
 ( 
 - 
 122.085 
 , 
  
 37.422 
 , 
  
 15 
 ); 
 Map 
 . 
 addLayer 
 ( 
 point 
 , 
  
 { 
 'color' 
 : 
  
 'black' 
 }, 
  
 'Geometry [black]: point' 
 );

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)

 # Define a Point object. 
 point 
 = 
 ee 
 . 
 Geometry 
 . 
 Point 
 ( 
 - 
 122.082 
 , 
 37.42 
 ) 
 # Apply the edgesAreGeodesics method to the Point object. 
 point_edges_are_geodesics 
 = 
 point 
 . 
 edgesAreGeodesics 
 () 
 # Print the result. 
 display 
 ( 
 'point.edgesAreGeodesics(...) =' 
 , 
 point_edges_are_geodesics 
 ) 
 # Display relevant geometries on the map. 
 m 
 = 
 geemap 
 . 
 Map 
 () 
 m 
 . 
 set_center 
 ( 
 - 
 122.085 
 , 
 37.422 
 , 
 15 
 ) 
 m 
 . 
 add_layer 
 ( 
 point 
 , 
 { 
 'color' 
 : 
 'black' 
 }, 
 'Geometry [black]: point' 
 ) 
 m

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Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

Colab (Python)

ee.Geometry.Point.edgesAreGeodesics