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ee.Geometry.Polygon.toGeoJSONString
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Returns a GeoJSON string representation of the geometry.
Usage | Returns | Polygon.toGeoJSONString() | String |
Argument | Type | Details | this: geometry | Geometry | The Geometry instance. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// 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]]]);
// Apply the toGeoJSONString method to the Polygon object.
var polygonToGeoJSONString = polygon.toGeoJSONString();
// Print the result to the console.
print('polygon.toGeoJSONString(...) =', polygonToGeoJSONString);
// Display relevant geometries on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);
Map.addLayer(polygon,
{'color': 'black'},
'Geometry [black]: polygon');
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 Polygon object.
polygon = ee.Geometry.Polygon([[
[-122.092, 37.424],
[-122.086, 37.418],
[-122.079, 37.425],
[-122.085, 37.423],
]])
# Apply the toGeoJSONString method to the Polygon object.
polygon_to_geojson_string = polygon.toGeoJSONString()
# Print the result.
display('polygon.toGeoJSONString(...) =', polygon_to_geojson_string)
# 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
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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