ee.Geometry.MultiPolygon.edgesAreGeodesics

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• 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.

• The method is applied to a Geometry object and returns a Boolean value.

• Examples are provided in both JavaScript and Python demonstrating how to use the method with a MultiPolygon.

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.

Usage	Returns
MultiPolygon.edgesAreGeodesics()	Boolean

Argument	Type	Details
this: geometry	Geometry

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// Define a MultiPolygon object.
var multiPolygon = ee.Geometry.MultiPolygon(
    [[[[-122.092, 37.424],
       [-122.086, 37.418],
       [-122.079, 37.425],
       [-122.085, 37.423]]],
     [[[-122.081, 37.417],
       [-122.086, 37.421],
       [-122.089, 37.416]]]]);

// Apply the edgesAreGeodesics method to the MultiPolygon object.
var multiPolygonEdgesAreGeodesics = multiPolygon.edgesAreGeodesics();

// Print the result to the console.
print('multiPolygon.edgesAreGeodesics(...) =', multiPolygonEdgesAreGeodesics);

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

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 MultiPolygon object.
multipolygon = ee.Geometry.MultiPolygon([
    [[
        [-122.092, 37.424],
        [-122.086, 37.418],
        [-122.079, 37.425],
        [-122.085, 37.423],
    ]],
    [[[-122.081, 37.417], [-122.086, 37.421], [-122.089, 37.416]]],
])

# Apply the edgesAreGeodesics method to the MultiPolygon object.
multipolygon_edges_are_geodesics = multipolygon.edgesAreGeodesics()

# Print the result.
display(
    'multipolygon.edgesAreGeodesics(...) =', multipolygon_edges_are_geodesics
)

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