Announcement: All noncommercial projects registered to use Earth Engine before April 15, 2025 must verify noncommercial eligibility to maintain Earth Engine access.
[[["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complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2024-06-05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."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003ebounds()\u003c/code\u003e method returns the bounding rectangle of a given geometry.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eIt can optionally be reprojected using the \u003ccode\u003eproj\u003c/code\u003e argument and allows for error tolerance with \u003ccode\u003emaxError\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe returned geometry represents the minimum bounding box that encompasses the input geometry.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["The `bounds` method calculates and returns the bounding rectangle (Geometry) of a given geometry. It accepts optional arguments `maxError` to define the allowed error during reprojection and `proj` to specify the output projection. If `proj` is not defined, the output defaults to EPSG:4326. Examples in Javascript and Python demonstrate creating a BBox, applying the `bounds` method, and visualizing the original geometry and its resulting bounding rectangle on a map.\n"],null,["# ee.Geometry.BBox.bounds\n\nReturns the bounding rectangle of the geometry.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n| Usage | Returns |\n|----------------------------------------|----------|\n| BBox.bounds`(`*maxError* `, `*proj*`)` | Geometry |\n\n| Argument | Type | Details |\n|------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| this: `geometry` | Geometry | Return the bounding box of this geometry. |\n| `maxError` | ErrorMargin, default: null | The maximum amount of error tolerated when performing any necessary reprojection. |\n| `proj` | Projection, default: null | If specified, the result will be in this projection. Otherwise it will be in EPSG:4326. |\n\nExamples\n--------\n\n### Code Editor (JavaScript)\n\n```javascript\n// Define a BBox object.\nvar bBox = ee.Geometry.BBox(-122.09, 37.42, -122.08, 37.43);\n\n// Apply the bounds method to the BBox object.\nvar bBoxBounds = bBox.bounds();\n\n// Print the result to the console.\nprint('bBox.bounds(...) =', bBoxBounds);\n\n// Display relevant geometries on the map.\nMap.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);\nMap.addLayer(bBox,\n {'color': 'black'},\n 'Geometry [black]: bBox');\nMap.addLayer(bBoxBounds,\n {'color': 'red'},\n 'Result [red]: bBox.bounds');\n```\nPython setup\n\nSee the [Python Environment](/earth-engine/guides/python_install) page for information on the Python API and using\n`geemap` for interactive development. \n\n```python\nimport ee\nimport geemap.core as geemap\n```\n\n### Colab (Python)\n\n```python\n# Define a BBox object.\nbbox = ee.Geometry.BBox(-122.09, 37.42, -122.08, 37.43)\n\n# Apply the bounds method to the BBox object.\nbbox_bounds = bbox.bounds()\n\n# Print the result.\ndisplay('bbox.bounds(...) =', bbox_bounds)\n\n# Display relevant geometries on the map.\nm = geemap.Map()\nm.set_center(-122.085, 37.422, 15)\nm.add_layer(bbox, {'color': 'black'}, 'Geometry [black]: bbox')\nm.add_layer(bbox_bounds, {'color': 'red'}, 'Result [red]: bbox.bounds')\nm\n```"]]