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ee.Geometry.Polygon.geodesic

AI-generated Key Takeaways

The Polygon.geodesic() method returns a Boolean value.
If true, edges are curved to follow the shortest path on the surface of the Earth.
If false, edges are straight in the projection.

If false, edges are straight in the projection. If true, edges are curved to follow the shortest path on the surface of the Earth.

Usage	Returns
`Polygon. geodesic ()`	Boolean

Argument	Type	Details
this: `geometry`	Geometry

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 // Define a Polygon object. 
 var 
  
 polygon 
  
 = 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Geometry 
 . 
 Polygon 
 ( 
  
 [[[ 
 - 
 122.092 
 , 
  
 37.424 
 ], 
  
 [ 
 - 
 122.086 
 , 
  
 37.418 
 ], 
  
 [ 
 - 
 122.079 
 , 
  
 37.425 
 ], 
  
 [ 
 - 
 122.085 
 , 
  
 37.423 
 ]]]); 
 // Apply the geodesic method to the Polygon object. 
 var 
  
 polygonGeodesic 
  
 = 
  
 polygon 
 . 
 geodesic 
 (); 
 // Print the result to the console. 
 print 
 ( 
 'polygon.geodesic(...) =' 
 , 
  
 polygonGeodesic 
 ); 
 // Display relevant geometries on the map. 
 Map 
 . 
 setCenter 
 ( 
 - 
 122.085 
 , 
  
 37.422 
 , 
  
 15 
 ); 
 Map 
 . 
 addLayer 
 ( 
 polygon 
 , 
  
 { 
 'color' 
 : 
  
 'black' 
 }, 
  
 'Geometry [black]: polygon' 
 );

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 Polygon object. 
 polygon 
 = 
 ee 
 . 
 Geometry 
 . 
 Polygon 
 ([[ 
 [ 
 - 
 122.092 
 , 
 37.424 
 ], 
 [ 
 - 
 122.086 
 , 
 37.418 
 ], 
 [ 
 - 
 122.079 
 , 
 37.425 
 ], 
 [ 
 - 
 122.085 
 , 
 37.423 
 ], 
 ]]) 
 # Apply the geodesic method to the Polygon object. 
 polygon_geodesic 
 = 
 polygon 
 . 
 geodesic 
 () 
 # Print the result. 
 display 
 ( 
 'polygon.geodesic(...) =' 
 , 
 polygon_geodesic 
 ) 
 # Display relevant geometries on the map. 
 m 
 = 
 geemap 
 . 
 Map 
 () 
 m 
 . 
 set_center 
 ( 
 - 
 122.085 
 , 
 37.422 
 , 
 15 
 ) 
 m 
 . 
 add_layer 
 ( 
 polygon 
 , 
 { 
 'color' 
 : 
 'black' 
 }, 
 'Geometry [black]: polygon' 
 ) 
 m

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Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

Colab (Python)

ee.Geometry.Polygon.geodesic