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ee.Geometry.MultiPoint.serialize
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Returns the serialized representation of this object.
Usage | Returns | MultiPoint.serialize(legacy) | String |
Argument | Type | Details | this: geometry | Geometry | The Geometry instance. |
legacy | Boolean, optional | Enables legacy format. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Define a MultiPoint object.
var multiPoint = ee.Geometry.MultiPoint([[-122.082, 37.420], [-122.081, 37.426]]);
// Apply the serialize method to the MultiPoint object.
var multiPointSerialize = multiPoint.serialize();
// Print the result to the console.
print('multiPoint.serialize(...) =', multiPointSerialize);
// 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 serialize method to the MultiPoint object.
multipoint_serialize = multipoint.serialize()
# Print the result.
display('multipoint.serialize(...) =', multipoint_serialize)
# 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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