ee.Geometry.Rectangle.buffer
Returns the input buffered by a given distance. If the distance is positive, the geometry is expanded, and if the distance is negative, the geometry is contracted.
Usage | Returns |
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Rectangle.buffer(distance, maxError, proj) | Geometry |
Argument | Type | Details |
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this: geometry | Geometry | The geometry being buffered. |
distance | Float | The distance of the buffering, which may be negative. If no projection is specified, the unit is meters. Otherwise the unit is in the coordinate system of the projection. |
maxError | ErrorMargin, default: null | The maximum amount of error tolerated when approximating the buffering circle and performing any necessary reprojection. If unspecified, defaults to 1% of the distance. |
proj | Projection, default: null | If specified, the buffering will be performed in this projection and the distance will be interpreted as units of the coordinate system of this projection. Otherwise the distance is interpereted as meters and the buffering is performed in a spherical coordinate system. |
Examples
// Define a Rectangle object.
var rectangle = ee.Geometry.Rectangle(-122.09, 37.42, -122.08, 37.43);
// Apply the buffer method to the Rectangle object.
var rectangleBuffer = rectangle.buffer({'distance': 100});
// Print the result to the console.
print('rectangle.buffer(...) =', rectangleBuffer);
// Display relevant geometries on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);
Map.addLayer(rectangle,
{'color': 'black'},
'Geometry [black]: rectangle');
Map.addLayer(rectangleBuffer,
{'color': 'red'},
'Result [red]: rectangle.buffer');
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 Rectangle object.
rectangle = ee.Geometry.Rectangle(-122.09, 37.42, -122.08, 37.43)
# Apply the buffer method to the Rectangle object.
rectangle_buffer = rectangle.buffer(distance=100)
# Print the result.
display('rectangle.buffer(...) =', rectangle_buffer)
# Display relevant geometries on the map.
m = geemap.Map()
m.set_center(-122.085, 37.422, 15)
m.add_layer(rectangle, {'color': 'black'}, 'Geometry [black]: rectangle')
m.add_layer(
rectangle_buffer, {'color': 'red'}, 'Result [red]: rectangle.buffer'
)
m
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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