Announcement : All noncommercial projects registered to use Earth Engine before April 15, 2025 must verify noncommercial eligibility to maintain access. If you have not verified by September 26, 2025, your access may be on hold.

ee.Array.max

Page Summary

Array.max() selects the element-wise maximum of two arrays.
It takes two arrays as arguments, left and right , and returns a new array.
The returned array contains the maximum value at each corresponding position from the input arrays.

On an element-wise basis, selects the maximum of the first and second values.

Usage	Returns
`Array. max (right)`	Array

Argument	Type	Details
this: `left`	Array	The left-hand value.
`right`	Array	The right-hand value.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 var 
  
 empty 
  
 = 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ([], 
  
 ee 
 . 
 PixelType 
 . 
 int8 
 ()); 
 print 
 ( 
 empty 
 . 
 max 
 ( 
 empty 
 )); 
  
 // [] 
 var 
  
 array1 
  
 = 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ([ 
 0 
 , 
  
 - 
 3 
 , 
  
 5 
 , 
  
 3 
 ]); 
 var 
  
 array2 
  
 = 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ([ 
 0 
 , 
  
 - 
 1 
 , 
  
 2 
 , 
  
 4 
 ]); 
 print 
 ( 
 array1 
 . 
 max 
 ( 
 array2 
 )); 
  
 // [0,-1,5,4]

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)

 empty 
 = 
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ([], 
 ee 
 . 
 PixelType 
 . 
 int8 
 ()) 
 display 
 ( 
 empty 
 . 
 max 
 ( 
 empty 
 )) 
 # [] 
 array1 
 = 
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ([ 
 0 
 , 
 - 
 3 
 , 
 5 
 , 
 3 
 ]) 
 array2 
 = 
 ee 
 . 
 Array 
 ([ 
 0 
 , 
 - 
 1 
 , 
 2 
 , 
 4 
 ]) 
 display 
 ( 
 array1 
 . 
 max 
 ( 
 array2 
 )) 
 # [0, -1, 5, 4]

ee.Array.max Stay organized with collections Save and categorize content based on your preferences.

Page Summary

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

Colab (Python)

ee.Array.max