Removes duplicates from a collection. Note that duplicates are determined using a strong hash over the serialized form of the selected properties.
Usage | Returns | FeatureCollection.distinct(properties) | FeatureCollection |
Argument | Type | Details | this: collection | FeatureCollection | The input collection from which objects will be selected. |
properties | Object | A property name or a list of property names to use for comparison. The '.geo' property can be included to compare object geometries. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium.
var fc = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants')
.filter('country_lg == "Belgium"');
print('FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium', fc);
// Remove duplicate features according to property values.
print('Distinct based on a single property', fc.distinct('fuel1'));
print('Distinct based on two properties', fc.distinct(['fuel1', 'source']));
print('Distinct based on geometry', fc.distinct('.geo'));