Earth Engine is introducing
noncommercial quota tiers to safeguard shared compute resources and ensure reliable performance for everyone. All noncommercial projects will need to select a quota tier by
April 27, 2026 or will use the Community Tier by default. Tier quotas will take effect for all projects (regardless of tier selection date) on
April 27, 2026.
Learn more.
ee.Geometry.Rectangle.closestPoints
Stay organized with collections
Save and categorize content based on your preferences.
Returns a dictionary containing up to two entries representing a point on each input geometry that is closest to the other input geometry. If either geometry is empty, an empty dictionary is returned. If both geometries are unbounded, the dictionary has an arbitrary point for both 'left' and 'right'. If one geometry is unbounded, the dictionary has an arbitrary point contained in the bounded geometry for both 'left' and 'right'.
| Usage | Returns | Rectangle.closestPoints(right, maxError, proj) | Object |
| Argument | Type | Details | 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. |
Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. For details, see the Google Developers Site Policies. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
Last updated 2024-10-23 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2024-10-23 UTC."],[],["The function `closestPoints` identifies the nearest points between two geometries (`left` and `right`), returning them in a dictionary. The dictionary can have up to two point entries. An empty dictionary signifies empty input geometries. For unbounded geometries, arbitrary points are returned. The operation allows specification of `maxError` and `proj` for accuracy control, defaulting to spherical coordinates if `proj` is null.\n"]]