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ee.Geometry.MultiPoint.projection
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Returns the projection of the geometry.
| Usage | Returns | MultiPoint.projection() | Projection |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: geometry | Geometry | |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Define a MultiPoint object.
var multiPoint = ee.Geometry.MultiPoint([[-122.082, 37.420], [-122.081, 37.426]]);
// Apply the projection method to the MultiPoint object.
var multiPointProjection = multiPoint.projection();
// Print the result to the console.
print('multiPoint.projection(...) =', multiPointProjection);
// Display relevant geometries on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);
Map.addLayer(multiPoint,
{'color': 'black'},
'Geometry [black]: multiPoint');
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)
# Define a MultiPoint object.
multipoint = ee.Geometry.MultiPoint([[-122.082, 37.420], [-122.081, 37.426]])
# Apply the projection method to the MultiPoint object.
multipoint_projection = multipoint.projection()
# Print the result.
display('multipoint.projection(...) =', multipoint_projection)
# Display relevant geometries on the map.
m = geemap.Map()
m.set_center(-122.085, 37.422, 15)
m.add_layer(multipoint, {'color': 'black'}, 'Geometry [black]: multipoint')
m
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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