ee.Geometry.LineString.getInfo

  • getInfo() retrieves the value of a ComputedObject (like a LineString) from the Earth Engine server.

  • Requests can be made synchronously (blocking other code) or asynchronously (preferred for responsiveness).

  • Asynchronous requests are recommended and can be achieved using evaluate() or providing a callback function to getInfo().

  • The method returns the computed value of the object as an object, for example, the coordinates of a LineString.

Retrieves the value of this object from the server.

If no callback function is provided, the request is made synchronously. If a callback is provided, the request is made asynchronously.

The asynchronous mode is preferred because the synchronous mode stops all other code (for example, the EE Code Editor UI) while waiting for the server. To make an asynchronous request, evaluate() is preferred over getInfo().

Returns the computed value of this object.

UsageReturns
LineString.getInfo(callback)Object
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: computedobjectComputedObjectThe ComputedObject instance.
callbackFunction, optionalAn optional callback. If not supplied, the call is made synchronously.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// Define a LineString object.
var lineString = ee.Geometry.LineString([[-122.09, 37.42], [-122.08, 37.43]]);

// Apply the getInfo method to the LineString object.
var lineStringGetInfo = lineString.getInfo();

// Print the result to the console.
print('lineString.getInfo(...) =', lineStringGetInfo);

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

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 LineString object.
linestring = ee.Geometry.LineString([[-122.09, 37.42], [-122.08, 37.43]])

# Apply the getInfo method to the LineString object.
linestring_get_info = linestring.getInfo()

# Print the result.
display('linestring.getInfo(...) =', linestring_get_info)

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