ee.Geometry.LineString.centroid

  • Returns a point representing the center of the highest-dimension components of a geometry, ignoring lower-dimensional ones.

  • The centroid() method can be applied to geometries and takes optional maxError and proj arguments for customization.

  • maxError controls the tolerance for reprojection errors, while proj specifies the output projection (defaults to EPSG:4326).

  • It is demonstrated with examples using both JavaScript and Python within the Google Earth Engine environment.

 Returns a point at the center of the highest-dimension components of the geometry. Lower-dimensional components are ignored, so the centroid of a geometry containing two polygons, three lines and a point is equivalent to the centroid of a geometry containing just the two polygons.

UsageReturns
LineString.centroid(maxError, proj)Geometry
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: geometryGeometryCalculates the centroid of this geometry.
maxErrorErrorMargin, default: nullThe maximum amount of error tolerated when performing any necessary reprojection.
projProjection, default: nullIf specified, the result will be in this projection. Otherwise it will be in EPSG:4326.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// Define a LineString object.
var lineString = ee.Geometry.LineString([[-122.09, 37.42], [-122.08, 37.43]]);

// Apply the centroid method to the LineString object.
var lineStringCentroid = lineString.centroid({'maxError': 1});

// Print the result to the console.
print('lineString.centroid(...) =', lineStringCentroid);

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

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 LineString object.
linestring = ee.Geometry.LineString([[-122.09, 37.42], [-122.08, 37.43]])

# Apply the centroid method to the LineString object.
linestring_centroid = linestring.centroid(maxError=1)

# Print the result.
display('linestring.centroid(...) =', linestring_centroid)

# Display relevant geometries on the map.
m = geemap.Map()
m.set_center(-122.085, 37.422, 15)
m.add_layer(linestring, {'color': 'black'}, 'Geometry [black]: linestring')
m.add_layer(
    linestring_centroid, {'color': 'red'}, 'Result [red]: linestring.centroid'
)
m