ee.Geometry.BBox.type

  • The type() method is used to retrieve the GeoJSON type of a geometry object in Earth Engine, and it returns a string representing the geometry type.

  • This method can be applied to a BBox (bounding box) object in Earth Engine to determine its type, which will generally be 'Polygon' as bounding boxes are internally represented as polygons.

  • Examples are provided to illustrate usage of the type() method with a BBox object in both JavaScript and Python within the Earth Engine environment.

Returns the GeoJSON type of the geometry.

UsageReturns
BBox.type()String
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: geometryGeometry

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

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

// Apply the type method to the BBox object.
var bBoxType = bBox.type();

// Print the result to the console.
print('bBox.type(...) =', bBoxType);

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

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 type method to the BBox object.
bbox_type = bbox.type()

# Print the result.
display('bbox.type(...) =', bbox_type)

# 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