ee.Geometry.MultiLineString.type

  • The type() method returns the GeoJSON type of a geometry, in this case, a MultiLineString.

  • When applied to a MultiLineString object, type() returns the string "MultiLineString".

  • This method helps identify the type of geometry being worked with within the Earth Engine code.

  • Examples demonstrate using the type() method in both JavaScript and Python for a MultiLineString.

 Returns the GeoJSON type of the geometry.

UsageReturns
MultiLineString.type()String
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 type method to the MultiLineString object.
var multiLineStringType = multiLineString.type();

// Print the result to the console.
print('multiLineString.type(...) =', multiLineStringType);

// 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 type method to the MultiLineString object.
multilinestring_type = multilinestring.type()

# Print the result.
display('multilinestring.type(...) =', multilinestring_type)

# 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