ee.Geometry.BBox.geodesic

  • geodesic() is a method applied to BBox geometry objects in Earth Engine.

  • It determines whether edges of the bounding box are rendered as straight or curved on the Earth's surface.

  • When set to false (default), edges appear straight in the projection; when true, edges curve to represent the shortest path.

  • The method returns a boolean value indicating the current geodesic setting of the BBox.

 If false, edges are straight in the projection. If true, edges are curved to follow the shortest path on the surface of the Earth.

UsageReturns
BBox.geodesic()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 geodesic method to the BBox object.
var bBoxGeodesic = bBox.geodesic();

// Print the result to the console.
print('bBox.geodesic(...) =', bBoxGeodesic);

// 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 geodesic method to the BBox object.
bbox_geodesic = bbox.geodesic()

# Print the result.
display('bbox.geodesic(...) =', bbox_geodesic)

# 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