ee.Geometry.MultiPoint.geodesic

  • The geodesic() method, when applied to a MultiPoint geometry, determines whether edges between points are rendered as straight lines or curved to follow the Earth's curvature.

  • It returns true if edges are curved (geodesic) and false if they are straight.

  • This method can be utilized to visualize and analyze MultiPoint data with accurate spatial representation on the Earth's surface.

  • Examples are provided in JavaScript, Python setup and Python Colab environment for applying the geodesic() method.

 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
MultiPoint.geodesic()Boolean
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: geometryGeometry

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// Define a MultiPoint object.
var multiPoint = ee.Geometry.MultiPoint([[-122.082, 37.420], [-122.081, 37.426]]);

// Apply the geodesic method to the MultiPoint object.
var multiPointGeodesic = multiPoint.geodesic();

// Print the result to the console.
print('multiPoint.geodesic(...) =', multiPointGeodesic);

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

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 MultiPoint object.
multipoint = ee.Geometry.MultiPoint([[-122.082, 37.420], [-122.081, 37.426]])

# Apply the geodesic method to the MultiPoint object.
multipoint_geodesic = multipoint.geodesic()

# Print the result.
display('multipoint.geodesic(...) =', multipoint_geodesic)

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