ee.ImageCollection.first

Returns the first entry from a given collection.

Usage	Returns
ImageCollection.first()	Image

Argument	Type	Details
this: imagecollection	ImageCollection	The ImageCollection instance.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)Colab (Python)

var image = ee.ImageCollection('COPERNICUS/S2_SR').first();
Map.centerObject(image, 8);
var vis = {bands: ['B4', 'B3', 'B2'], min: 0, max: 5000};
Map.addLayer(image, vis, 'first of S2_SR');

// Display the image metadata.
print(image);

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

image = ee.ImageCollection('COPERNICUS/S2_SR').first()
m = geemap.Map()
m.center_object(image, 8)
vis = {'bands': ['B4', 'B3', 'B2'], 'min': 0, 'max': 5000}
m.add_layer(image, vis, 'first of S2_SR')
display(m)

# Display the image metadata.
display(image)