ee.Geometry.MultiPoint.geodesic

  • If true, edges follow the shortest path on the surface of the Earth, resulting in curved edges in the projection, while false results in straight edges.

  • The MultiPoint.geodesic() method returns a boolean value.

  • Example code is provided in both JavaScript and Python.

 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
MultiPoint.geodesic()Boolean
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: geometryGeometry

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// Define a MultiPoint object.
var multiPoint = ee.Geometry.MultiPoint([[-122.082, 37.420], [-122.081, 37.426]]);

// Apply the geodesic method to the MultiPoint object.
var multiPointGeodesic = multiPoint.geodesic();

// Print the result to the console.
print('multiPoint.geodesic(...) =', multiPointGeodesic);

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

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 MultiPoint object.
multipoint = ee.Geometry.MultiPoint([[-122.082, 37.420], [-122.081, 37.426]])

# Apply the geodesic method to the MultiPoint object.
multipoint_geodesic = multipoint.geodesic()

# Print the result.
display('multipoint.geodesic(...) =', multipoint_geodesic)

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