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ee.Geometry.Polygon.projection

AI-generated Key Takeaways

The projection() method returns the projection of a geometry object.
The method takes a geometry type as input.
Example code is provided for both JavaScript and Python to demonstrate usage and display results.

Returns the projection of the geometry.

Usage	Returns
`Polygon. projection ()`	Projection

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 projection method to the Polygon object. 
 var 
  
 polygonProjection 
  
 = 
  
 polygon 
 . 
 projection 
 (); 
 // Print the result to the console. 
 print 
 ( 
 'polygon.projection(...) =' 
 , 
  
 polygonProjection 
 ); 
 // 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 projection method to the Polygon object. 
 polygon_projection 
 = 
 polygon 
 . 
 projection 
 () 
 # Print the result. 
 display 
 ( 
 'polygon.projection(...) =' 
 , 
 polygon_projection 
 ) 
 # 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.projection