ee.Geometry.LineString.type

  • The type() method returns the GeoJSON type of a geometry as a string.

  • The method is applied to a geometry object, for example, a LineString.

  • The example code demonstrates how to use type() in both JavaScript and Python to get the geometry type.

 Returns the GeoJSON type of the geometry.

UsageReturns
LineString.type()String
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: geometryGeometry

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// Define a LineString object.
var lineString = ee.Geometry.LineString([[-122.09, 37.42], [-122.08, 37.43]]);

// Apply the type method to the LineString object.
var lineStringType = lineString.type();

// Print the result to the console.
print('lineString.type(...) =', lineStringType);

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

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 LineString object.
linestring = ee.Geometry.LineString([[-122.09, 37.42], [-122.08, 37.43]])

# Apply the type method to the LineString object.
linestring_type = linestring.type()

# Print the result.
display('linestring.type(...) =', linestring_type)

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