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ee.Geometry.MultiLineString.edgesAreGeodesics
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Returns true if the geometry edges, if any, are geodesics along a spherical model of the earth; if false, any edges are straight lines in the projection.
Usage Returns MultiLineString. edgesAreGeodesics ()
Boolean
Argument Type Details this: geometry
Geometry
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Define a MultiLineString object.
var multiLineString = ee.Geometry.MultiLineString(
[[[-122.088, 37.418], [-122.086, 37.422], [-122.082, 37.418]],
[[-122.087, 37.416], [-122.083, 37.416], [-122.082, 37.419]]]);
// Apply the edgesAreGeodesics method to the MultiLineString object.
var multiLineStringEdgesAreGeodesics = multiLineString.edgesAreGeodesics();
// Print the result to the console.
print('multiLineString.edgesAreGeodesics(...) =', multiLineStringEdgesAreGeodesics);
// Display relevant geometries on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);
Map.addLayer(multiLineString,
{'color': 'black'},
'Geometry [black]: multiLineString');
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 MultiLineString object.
multilinestring = ee.Geometry.MultiLineString([
[[-122.088, 37.418], [-122.086, 37.422], [-122.082, 37.418]],
[[-122.087, 37.416], [-122.083, 37.416], [-122.082, 37.419]],
])
# Apply the edgesAreGeodesics method to the MultiLineString object.
multilinestring_edges_are_geodesics = multilinestring.edgesAreGeodesics()
# Print the result.
display(
'multilinestring.edgesAreGeodesics(...) =',
multilinestring_edges_are_geodesics,
)
# Display relevant geometries on the map.
m = geemap.Map()
m.set_center(-122.085, 37.422, 15)
m.add_layer(
multilinestring, {'color': 'black'}, 'Geometry [black]: multilinestring'
)
m
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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