ee.Geometry.BBox.contains

  • The contains() method determines if one geometry fully encloses another.

  • It returns true only if the first geometry completely contains the second geometry.

  • Optional parameters allow for error tolerance during reprojection and specifying the projection for the operation.

  • Usage involves providing the geometry to be checked against as the right parameter within an object.

Returns true if and only if one geometry contains the other.

UsageReturns
BBox.contains(right, maxError, proj)Boolean
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: leftGeometryThe geometry used as the left operand of the operation.
rightGeometryThe geometry used as the right operand of the operation.
maxErrorErrorMargin, default: nullThe maximum amount of error tolerated when performing any necessary reprojection.
projProjection, default: nullThe projection in which to perform the operation. If not specified, the operation will be performed in a spherical coordinate system, and linear distances will be in meters on the sphere.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// Define a BBox object.
var bBox = ee.Geometry.BBox(-122.09, 37.42, -122.08, 37.43);

// Define other inputs.
var inputGeom = ee.Geometry.BBox(-122.085, 37.415, -122.075, 37.425);

// Apply the contains method to the BBox object.
var bBoxContains = bBox.contains({'right': inputGeom, 'maxError': 1});

// Print the result to the console.
print('bBox.contains(...) =', bBoxContains);

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

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)

# Define other inputs.
input_geom = ee.Geometry.BBox(-122.085, 37.415, -122.075, 37.425)

# Apply the contains method to the BBox object.
bbox_contains = bbox.contains(right=input_geom, maxError=1)

# Print the result.
display('bbox.contains(...) =', bbox_contains)

# 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(input_geom, {'color': 'blue'}, 'Parameter [blue]: input_geom')
m