ee.Geometry.MultiLineString.geometries

  • The geometries() method returns a list of individual geometries contained within a GeometryCollection or a single geometry if applied to a single geometry.

  • When applied to a MultiLineString, geometries() returns a list of the LineStrings that compose it.

  • This method is useful for accessing and manipulating the individual components of complex geometries.

  • The returned geometries can be further processed or visualized using other Earth Engine functions.

 Returns the list of geometries in a GeometryCollection, or a singleton list of the geometry for single geometries.

UsageReturns
MultiLineString.geometries()List
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: geometryGeometry

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]]]);

// Apply the geometries method to the MultiLineString object.
var multiLineStringGeometries = multiLineString.geometries();

// Print the result to the console.
print('multiLineString.geometries(...) =', multiLineStringGeometries);

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

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]],
])

# Apply the geometries method to the MultiLineString object.
multilinestring_geometries = multilinestring.geometries()

# Print the result.
display('multilinestring.geometries(...) =', multilinestring_geometries)

# 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