ee.Geometry.MultiLineString.contains

  • The contains() method determines if one geometry fully encloses another, returning true if it does and false otherwise.

  • It's applicable to MultiLineString geometries and takes the geometry to compare against as the right argument.

  • Optional parameters include maxError for reprojection tolerance and proj to specify the projection for the operation.

  • If proj is not defined, calculations are performed in a spherical coordinate system with distances in meters on the sphere.

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

UsageReturns
MultiLineString.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 MultiLineString object.
var multiLineString = ee.Geometry.MultiLineString(
   [[[-122.088, 37.418], [-122.086, 37.422], [-122.082, 37.418]],
    [[-122.087, 37.416], [-122.083, 37.416], [-122.082, 37.419]]]);

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

// Apply the contains method to the MultiLineString object.
var multiLineStringContains = multiLineString.contains({'right': inputGeom, 'maxError': 1});

// Print the result to the console.
print('multiLineString.contains(...) =', multiLineStringContains);

// Display relevant geometries on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);
Map.addLayer(multiLineString,
             {'color': 'black'},
             'Geometry [black]: multiLineString');
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 MultiLineString object.
multilinestring = ee.Geometry.MultiLineString([
    [[-122.088, 37.418], [-122.086, 37.422], [-122.082, 37.418]],
    [[-122.087, 37.416], [-122.083, 37.416], [-122.082, 37.419]],
])

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

# Apply the contains method to the MultiLineString object.
multilinestring_contains = multilinestring.contains(
    right=input_geom, maxError=1
)

# Print the result.
display('multilinestring.contains(...) =', multilinestring_contains)

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