ee.Geometry.Rectangle.geodesic

  • Rectangle.geodesic() is a method that returns a Boolean value.

  • The geodesic method determines if edges are straight or curved in a projection.

  • If true, edges are curved to follow the shortest path on the Earth's surface.

  • If false, edges are straight in the projection.

 If false, edges are straight in the projection. If true, edges are curved to follow the shortest path on the surface of the Earth.

UsageReturns
Rectangle.geodesic()Boolean
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: geometryGeometry

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// Define a Rectangle object.
var rectangle = ee.Geometry.Rectangle(-122.09, 37.42, -122.08, 37.43);

// Apply the geodesic method to the Rectangle object.
var rectangleGeodesic = rectangle.geodesic();

// Print the result to the console.
print('rectangle.geodesic(...) =', rectangleGeodesic);

// Display relevant geometries on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);
Map.addLayer(rectangle,
             {'color': 'black'},
             'Geometry [black]: rectangle');

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 Rectangle object.
rectangle = ee.Geometry.Rectangle(-122.09, 37.42, -122.08, 37.43)

# Apply the geodesic method to the Rectangle object.
rectangle_geodesic = rectangle.geodesic()

# Print the result.
display('rectangle.geodesic(...) =', rectangle_geodesic)

# 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