ee.Geometry.BBox.bounds

  • The bounds() method returns the bounding rectangle of a given geometry.

  • It can optionally be reprojected using the proj argument and allows for error tolerance with maxError.

  • The returned geometry represents the minimum bounding box that encompasses the input geometry.

 Returns the bounding rectangle of the geometry.

UsageReturns
BBox.bounds(maxError, proj)Geometry
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: geometryGeometryReturn the bounding box 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 BBox object.
var bBox = ee.Geometry.BBox(-122.09, 37.42, -122.08, 37.43);

// Apply the bounds method to the BBox object.
var bBoxBounds = bBox.bounds();

// Print the result to the console.
print('bBox.bounds(...) =', bBoxBounds);

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

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 BBox object.
bbox = ee.Geometry.BBox(-122.09, 37.42, -122.08, 37.43)

# Apply the bounds method to the BBox object.
bbox_bounds = bbox.bounds()

# Print the result.
display('bbox.bounds(...) =', bbox_bounds)

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