ee.Geometry.BBox.edgesAreGeodesics

  • The edgesAreGeodesics() method returns true if the geometry edges are geodesics along a spherical Earth model and false if they are straight lines in the projection.

  • This method is used with a Geometry object and returns a Boolean value.

  • The provided examples demonstrate how to use the edgesAreGeodesics() method in both JavaScript and Python.

 Returns true if the geometry edges, if any, are geodesics along a spherical model of the earth; if false, any edges are straight lines in the projection.

UsageReturns
BBox.edgesAreGeodesics()Boolean
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: geometryGeometry

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// Define a BBox object.
var bBox = ee.Geometry.BBox(-122.09, 37.42, -122.08, 37.43);

// Apply the edgesAreGeodesics method to the BBox object.
var bBoxEdgesAreGeodesics = bBox.edgesAreGeodesics();

// Print the result to the console.
print('bBox.edgesAreGeodesics(...) =', bBoxEdgesAreGeodesics);

// Display relevant geometries on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);
Map.addLayer(bBox,
             {'color': 'black'},
             'Geometry [black]: bBox');

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)

# Define a BBox object.
bbox = ee.Geometry.BBox(-122.09, 37.42, -122.08, 37.43)

# Apply the edgesAreGeodesics method to the BBox object.
bbox_edges_are_geodesics = bbox.edgesAreGeodesics()

# Print the result.
display('bbox.edgesAreGeodesics(...) =', bbox_edges_are_geodesics)

# Display relevant geometries on the map.
m = geemap.Map()
m.set_center(-122.085, 37.422, 15)
m.add_layer(bbox, {'color': 'black'}, 'Geometry [black]: bbox')
m