ee.Geometry.Polygon.symmetricDifference
Returns the symmetric difference between two geometries.
Usage | Returns |
---|
Polygon.symmetricDifference(right, maxError, proj) | Geometry |
Argument | Type | Details |
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this: left | Geometry | The geometry used as the left operand of the operation. |
right | Geometry | The geometry used as the right operand of the operation. |
maxError | ErrorMargin, default: null | The maximum amount of error tolerated when performing any necessary reprojection. |
proj | Projection, default: null | The projection in which to perform the operation. If not specified, the operation will be performed in a spherical coordinate system, and linear distances will be in meters on the sphere. |
Examples
// Define a Polygon object.
var polygon = ee.Geometry.Polygon(
[[[-122.092, 37.424],
[-122.086, 37.418],
[-122.079, 37.425],
[-122.085, 37.423]]]);
// Define other inputs.
var inputGeom = ee.Geometry.BBox(-122.085, 37.415, -122.075, 37.425);
// Apply the symmetricDifference method to the Polygon object.
var polygonSymmetricDifference = polygon.symmetricDifference({'right': inputGeom, 'maxError': 1});
// Print the result to the console.
print('polygon.symmetricDifference(...) =', polygonSymmetricDifference);
// Display relevant geometries on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);
Map.addLayer(polygon,
{'color': 'black'},
'Geometry [black]: polygon');
Map.addLayer(inputGeom,
{'color': 'blue'},
'Parameter [blue]: inputGeom');
Map.addLayer(polygonSymmetricDifference,
{'color': 'red'},
'Result [red]: polygon.symmetricDifference');
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 Polygon object.
polygon = ee.Geometry.Polygon([[
[-122.092, 37.424],
[-122.086, 37.418],
[-122.079, 37.425],
[-122.085, 37.423],
]])
# Define other inputs.
input_geom = ee.Geometry.BBox(-122.085, 37.415, -122.075, 37.425)
# Apply the symmetricDifference method to the Polygon object.
polygon_symmetric_difference = polygon.symmetricDifference(
right=input_geom, maxError=1
)
# Print the result.
display('polygon.symmetricDifference(...) =', polygon_symmetric_difference)
# Display relevant geometries on the map.
m = geemap.Map()
m.set_center(-122.085, 37.422, 15)
m.add_layer(polygon, {'color': 'black'}, 'Geometry [black]: polygon')
m.add_layer(input_geom, {'color': 'blue'}, 'Parameter [blue]: input_geom')
m.add_layer(
polygon_symmetric_difference,
{'color': 'red'},
'Result [red]: polygon.symmetricDifference',
)
m
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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