ee.FeatureCollection.limit
Limit a collection to the specified number of elements, optionally sorting them by a specified property first.
Returns the limited collection.
Usage | Returns |
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FeatureCollection.limit(max, property, ascending) | Collection |
Argument | Type | Details |
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this: collection | Collection | The Collection instance. |
max | Number | The number to limit the collection to. |
property | String, optional | The property to sort by, if sorting. |
ascending | Boolean, optional | Whether to sort in ascending or descending order. The default is true (ascending). |
Examples
// FeatureCollection of global power plants.
var fc = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants');
print('First 5 features (power plants)', fc.limit(5));
print('Smallest 5 power plants by capacity in ascending order',
fc.limit({max: 5, property: 'capacitymw'}));
print('Largest 5 power plants by capacity in descending order',
fc.limit({max: 5, property: 'capacitymw', ascending: false}));
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
# FeatureCollection of global power plants.
fc = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants')
print('First 5 features (power plants):', fc.limit(5).getInfo())
print('Smallest 5 power plants by capacity in ascending order:',
fc.limit(**{'maximum': 5, 'opt_property': 'capacitymw'}).getInfo())
print('Largest 5 power plants by capacity in descending order:',
fc.limit(**{'maximum': 5, 'opt_property': 'capacitymw',
'opt_ascending': False}).getInfo())
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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