ee.FeatureCollection.merge

Merges two collections into one. The result has all the elements that were in either collection.

Elements from the first collection will have IDs prefixed with "1" and elements from the second collection will have IDs prefixed with "2".

Usage	Returns
`FeatureCollection.merge(collection2)`	FeatureCollection

Argument	Type	Details
this: `collection1`	FeatureCollection	The first collection to merge.
`collection2`	FeatureCollection	The second collection to merge.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// FeatureCollection of points representing forest cover.
var fcForest = ee.FeatureCollection([
  ee.Feature(ee.Geometry.Point([-122.248, 37.238]),
             {'id': 0, 'cover_class': 'forest'}),
  ee.Feature(ee.Geometry.Point([-122.204, 37.222]),
             {'id': 1, 'cover_class': 'forest'}),
  ee.Feature(ee.Geometry.Point([-122.110, 37.199]),
             {'id': 2, 'cover_class': 'forest'})
]);

// FeatureCollection of points representing urban cover.
var fcUrban = ee.FeatureCollection([
  ee.Feature(ee.Geometry.Point([-121.953, 37.372]),
             {'id': 0, 'cover_class': 'urban'}),
  ee.Feature(ee.Geometry.Point([-121.861, 37.308]),
             {'id': 1, 'cover_class': 'urban'}),
  ee.Feature(ee.Geometry.Point([-121.984, 37.372]),
             {'id': 2, 'cover_class': 'urban'})
]);

// Merge the two FeatureCollections into one.
var fcMerged = fcForest.merge(fcUrban);

// Display FeatureCollections on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.034, 37.296, 11);
Map.addLayer(fcForest, {color: 'green'}, 'Forest points');
Map.addLayer(fcUrban, {color: 'grey'}, 'Urban points');
Map.addLayer(fcMerged, {color: 'yellow'}, 'Protected areas merged');

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)

# FeatureCollection of points representing forest cover.
fc_forest = ee.FeatureCollection([
    ee.Feature(
        ee.Geometry.Point([-122.248, 37.238]),
        {
            'id': 0,
            'cover_class': 'forest',
            'id': 0,
            'cover_class': 'forest',
        },
    ),
    ee.Feature(
        ee.Geometry.Point([-122.204, 37.222]),
        {
            'id': 1,
            'cover_class': 'forest',
            'id': 1,
            'cover_class': 'forest',
        },
    ),
    ee.Feature(
        ee.Geometry.Point([-122.110, 37.199]),
        {
            'id': 2,
            'cover_class': 'forest',
            'id': 2,
            'cover_class': 'forest',
        },
    ),
])

# FeatureCollection of points representing urban cover.
fc_urban = ee.FeatureCollection([
    ee.Feature(
        ee.Geometry.Point([-121.953, 37.372]),
        {'id': 0, 'cover_class': 'urban', 'id': 0, 'cover_class': 'urban'},
    ),
    ee.Feature(
        ee.Geometry.Point([-121.861, 37.308]),
        {'id': 1, 'cover_class': 'urban', 'id': 1, 'cover_class': 'urban'},
    ),
    ee.Feature(
        ee.Geometry.Point([-121.984, 37.372]),
        {'id': 2, 'cover_class': 'urban', 'id': 2, 'cover_class': 'urban'},
    ),
])

# Merge the two FeatureCollections into one.
fc_merged = fc_forest.merge(fc_urban)

# Display FeatureCollections on the map.
m = geemap.Map()
m.set_center(-122.034, 37.296, 11)
m.add_layer(fc_forest, {'color': 'green'}, 'Forest points')
m.add_layer(fc_urban, {'color': 'grey'}, 'Urban points')
m.add_layer(fc_merged, {'color': 'yellow'}, 'Protected areas merged')
m