ee.Geometry.BBox.edgesAreGeodesics

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
BBox.edgesAreGeodesics()	Boolean

Argument	Type	Details
this: geometry	Geometry

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)Colab (Python)

// Define a BBox object.
var bBox = ee.Geometry.BBox(-122.09, 37.42, -122.08, 37.43);

// Apply the edgesAreGeodesics method to the BBox object.
var bBoxEdgesAreGeodesics = bBox.edgesAreGeodesics();

// Print the result to the console.
print('bBox.edgesAreGeodesics(...) =', bBoxEdgesAreGeodesics);

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

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

# Define a BBox object.
bbox = ee.Geometry.BBox(-122.09, 37.42, -122.08, 37.43)

# Apply the edgesAreGeodesics method to the BBox object.
bbox_edges_are_geodesics = bbox.edgesAreGeodesics()

# Print the result.
display('bbox.edgesAreGeodesics(...) =', bbox_edges_are_geodesics)

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