ee.Projection

Returns a Projection with the given base coordinate system and the given transform between projected coordinates and the base. If no transform is specified, the identity transform is assumed.

Usage	Returns
ee.Projection(crs, transform, transformWkt)	Projection

Argument	Type	Details
crs	Object	The base coordinate reference system of this Projection, given as a well-known authority code (e.g. 'EPSG:4326') or a WKT string.
transform	List, default: null	The transform between projected coordinates and the base coordinate system, specified as a 2x3 affine transform matrix in row-major order: [xScale, xShearing, xTranslation, yShearing, yScale, yTranslation]. May not specify both this and 'transformWkt'.
transformWkt	String, default: null	The transform between projected coordinates and the base coordinate system, specified as a WKT string. May not specify both this and 'transform'.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// Construct projections.
// Printing the projection will show the EPSG code if it is a direct match.
//
// e.g. You will see this for the string 'EPSG:3857'
//   type: Projection
//   crs: EPSG:3857
//   transform: [1,0,0,0,1,0]

print(ee.Projection('EPSG:3857'));  // https://epsg.io/3857
print(ee.Projection('EPSG:4326'));  // https://epsg.io/4326

// WKT projection description for https://epsg.io/27572
var proj = ee.Projection(
    'PROJCS["NTF (Paris) / Lambert zone II", ' +
    '  GEOGCS["NTF (Paris)", ' +
    '    DATUM["Nouvelle Triangulation Francaise (Paris)", ' +
    '      SPHEROID["Clarke 1880 (IGN)", 6378249.2, 293.4660212936269,'+
    '               AUTHORITY["EPSG","7011"]], ' +
    '      AUTHORITY["EPSG","6807"]], ' +
    '    PRIMEM["Paris", 2.5969213, AUTHORITY["EPSG","8903"]], ' +
    '    UNIT["grade", 0.015707963267948967], ' +
    '    AXIS["Geodetic longitude", EAST], ' +
    '    AXIS["Geodetic latitude", NORTH], ' +
    '    AUTHORITY["EPSG","4807"]], ' +
    '  PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_1SP", AUTHORITY["EPSG","9801"]], ' +
    '  PARAMETER["central_meridian", 0.0], ' +
    '  PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin", 52.0], ' +
    '  PARAMETER["scale_factor", 0.99987742], ' +
    '  PARAMETER["false_easting", 600000.0], ' +
    '  PARAMETER["false_northing", 2200000.0], ' +
    '  UNIT["m", 1.0], ' +
    '  AXIS["Easting", EAST], ' +
    '  AXIS["Northing", NORTH], ' +
    '  AUTHORITY["EPSG","27572"]]');
print(proj);  // crs: EPSG:27572

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)

# Construct projections.
# Printing the projection will show the EPSG code if it is a direct match.
#
# e.g. You will see this for the string 'EPSG:3857'
#   type: Projection
#   crs: EPSG:3857
#   transform: [1,0,0,0,1,0]

print(ee.Projection('EPSG:3857').getInfo())  # https://epsg.io/3857
print(ee.Projection('EPSG:4326').getInfo())  # https://epsg.io/4326

# WKT projection description for https://epsg.io/27572
proj = ee.Projection(
    'PROJCS["NTF (Paris) / Lambert zone II", ' +
    '  GEOGCS["NTF (Paris)", ' +
    '    DATUM["Nouvelle Triangulation Francaise (Paris)", ' +
    '      SPHEROID["Clarke 1880 (IGN)", 6378249.2, 293.4660212936269,'+
    '               AUTHORITY["EPSG","7011"]], ' +
    '      AUTHORITY["EPSG","6807"]], ' +
    '    PRIMEM["Paris", 2.5969213, AUTHORITY["EPSG","8903"]], ' +
    '    UNIT["grade", 0.015707963267948967], ' +
    '    AXIS["Geodetic longitude", EAST], ' +
    '    AXIS["Geodetic latitude", NORTH], ' +
    '    AUTHORITY["EPSG","4807"]], ' +
    '  PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_1SP", AUTHORITY["EPSG","9801"]], ' +
    '  PARAMETER["central_meridian", 0.0], ' +
    '  PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin", 52.0], ' +
    '  PARAMETER["scale_factor", 0.99987742], ' +
    '  PARAMETER["false_easting", 600000.0], ' +
    '  PARAMETER["false_northing", 2200000.0], ' +
    '  UNIT["m", 1.0], ' +
    '  AXIS["Easting", EAST], ' +
    '  AXIS["Northing", NORTH], ' +
    '  AUTHORITY["EPSG","27572"]]')
print(proj.getInfo())  # crs: EPSG:27572