Page Summary
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The
Geometry.edgesAreGeodesics()method returns a boolean indicating if the geometry edges are geodesics on a spherical Earth model or straight lines in a projection. -
This method takes a
Geometryobject as input. -
The examples demonstrate how to use this method in both JavaScript and Python to check the geodesic property of geometry edges and display the geometry on a map.
| Usage | Returns |
|---|---|
Geometry.
edgesAreGeodesics
()
|
Boolean |
| Argument | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
|
this:
geometry
|
Geometry |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Define a Geometry object. var geometry = ee . Geometry ({ 'type' : 'Polygon' , 'coordinates' : [[[ - 122.081 , 37.417 ], [ - 122.086 , 37.421 ], [ - 122.084 , 37.418 ], [ - 122.089 , 37.416 ]]] }); // Apply the edgesAreGeodesics method to the Geometry object. var geometryEdgesAreGeodesics = geometry . edgesAreGeodesics (); // Print the result to the console. print ( 'geometry.edgesAreGeodesics(...) =' , geometryEdgesAreGeodesics ); // Display relevant geometries on the map. Map . setCenter ( - 122.085 , 37.422 , 15 ); Map . addLayer ( geometry , { 'color' : 'black' }, 'Geometry [black]: geometry' );
import ee import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
# Define a Geometry object. geometry = ee . Geometry ({ 'type' : 'Polygon' , 'coordinates' : [[ [ - 122.081 , 37.417 ], [ - 122.086 , 37.421 ], [ - 122.084 , 37.418 ], [ - 122.089 , 37.416 ], ]], }) # Apply the edgesAreGeodesics method to the Geometry object. geometry_edges_are_geodesics = geometry . edgesAreGeodesics () # Print the result. display ( 'geometry.edgesAreGeodesics(...) =' , geometry_edges_are_geodesics ) # Display relevant geometries on the map. m = geemap . Map () m . set_center ( - 122.085 , 37.422 , 15 ) m . add_layer ( geometry , { 'color' : 'black' }, 'Geometry [black]: geometry' ) m
