ee.Geometry.BBox.geodesic

  • When geodesic() is false, edges are straight in the projection, and when true, edges are curved to follow the shortest path on the Earth's surface.

  • The BBox.geodesic() method returns a Boolean value.

  • The geodesic() method can be applied to a BBox object.

  • Example usage in JavaScript and Python demonstrates defining a BBox, applying geodesic(), and printing the result.

 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