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Shortcut to filter a collection by intersection with geometry. Items in the collection with a footprint that fails to intersect the given geometry will be excluded.
This is equivalent to this.filter(ee.Filter.bounds(...)).
Returns the filtered collection.
Usage
Returns
FeatureCollection.filterBounds(geometry)
Collection
Argument
Type
Details
this: collection
Collection
The Collection instance.
geometry
ComputedObject|FeatureCollection|Geometry
The geometry, feature or collection to intersect with.
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