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Loads a GeoTIFF as an Image.
Usage
Returns
ee.Image.loadGeoTIFF(uri)
Image
Argument
Type
Details
uri
String
The Cloud Storage URI of the GeoTIFF to load. The bucket metadata must be accessible (requires the `storage.buckets.get` permission which is provided by the role "Storage Legacy Bucket Reader" among others, see https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/access-control/iam-roles) and the bucket must be located in the US multi-region, a dual-region including US-CENTRAL1, or the US-CENTRAL1 region.
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