ee.Geometry.Point.aside

  • The aside() method allows you to call a function with the current object as an argument without interrupting the method chain, useful for debugging or side effects like printing or displaying data.

  • It takes a function and optional extra arguments which are passed to the function along with the object itself.

  • aside() returns the original object, making it suitable for chaining with other Earth Engine methods.

  • It's applicable to various Earth Engine objects, demonstrated with an ee.ImageCollection and an ee.Geometry.Point in the provided examples.

  • You can use it to display data on the map, print information to the console, or perform any other action within a processing chain without altering the primary output.

Calls a function passing this object as the first argument, and returning itself. Convenient e.g. when debugging:

var c = ee.ImageCollection('foo').aside(print)

.filterDate('2001-01-01', '2002-01-01').aside(print, 'In 2001')

.filterBounds(geom).aside(print, 'In region')

.aside(Map.addLayer, {min: 0, max: 142}, 'Filtered')

.select('a', 'b');

Returns the same object, for chaining.

UsageReturns
Point.aside(func, var_args)ComputedObject
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: computedobjectComputedObjectThe ComputedObject instance.
funcFunctionThe function to call.
var_argsVarArgs<Object>Any extra arguments to pass to the function.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

var point = ee.Geometry.Point([-122.08412, 37.42189]);
point.aside(print);

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)

def print_result(val, message):
  """A print function to invoke with the aside method."""
  print(val.getInfo())
  print(message)


point = ee.Geometry.Point([-122.08412, 37.42189]).aside(
    print_result, "An ee.Geometry.Point was defined."
)