Earth Engine is introducing noncommercial quota tiers to safeguard shared compute resources and ensure reliable performance for everyone. All noncommercial projects will need to select a quota tier by April 27, 2026 or will use the Community Tier by default. Tier quotas will take effect for all projects (regardless of tier selection date) on April 27, 2026. Learn more.
ee.Feature.cutLines
Stay organized with collections
Save and categorize content based on your preferences.
Converts LineString, MultiLineString, and LinearRing geometries into a MultiLineString by cutting them into parts no longer than the given distance along their length. All other geometry types will be converted to an empty MultiLineString.
Usage
Returns
Feature.cutLines(distances, maxError, proj)
Feature
Argument
Type
Details
this: feature
Element
Cuts the lines of this feature's default geometry.
distances
List
Distances along each LineString to cut the line into separate pieces, measured in units of the given proj, or meters if proj is unspecified.
maxError
ErrorMargin, default: null
The maximum amount of error tolerated when performing any necessary reprojection.
proj
Projection, default: null
Projection of the result and distance measurements, or EPSG:4326 if unspecified.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2024-06-05 UTC."],[],["The core functionality involves cutting `LineString`, `MultiLineString`, and `LinearRing` geometries into segments based on specified distances. The `cutLines` method, applied to a `Feature`, takes a list of `distances` and divides the line into parts no longer than those distances. `maxError` handles reprojection errors, while `proj` defines the projection for distance measurements, defaulting to EPSG:4326. Other geometry types become empty `MultiLineString`s.\n"]]