ee.Geometry.MultiPoint.symmetricDifference

Returns the symmetric difference between two geometries.

Usage	Returns
`MultiPoint.symmetricDifference(right, maxError, proj)`	Geometry

Argument	Type	Details
this: `left`	Geometry	The geometry used as the left operand of the operation.
`right`	Geometry	The geometry used as the right operand of the operation.
`maxError`	ErrorMargin, default: null	The maximum amount of error tolerated when performing any necessary reprojection.
`proj`	Projection, default: null	The 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 MultiPoint object.
var multiPoint = ee.Geometry.MultiPoint([[-122.082, 37.420], [-122.081, 37.426]]);

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

// Apply the symmetricDifference method to the MultiPoint object.
var multiPointSymmetricDifference = multiPoint.symmetricDifference({'right': inputGeom, 'maxError': 1});

// Print the result to the console.
print('multiPoint.symmetricDifference(...) =', multiPointSymmetricDifference);

// Display relevant geometries on the map.
Map.setCenter(-122.085, 37.422, 15);
Map.addLayer(multiPoint,
             {'color': 'black'},
             'Geometry [black]: multiPoint');
Map.addLayer(inputGeom,
             {'color': 'blue'},
             'Parameter [blue]: inputGeom');
Map.addLayer(multiPointSymmetricDifference,
             {'color': 'red'},
             'Result [red]: multiPoint.symmetricDifference');

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 MultiPoint object.
multipoint = ee.Geometry.MultiPoint([[-122.082, 37.420], [-122.081, 37.426]])

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

# Apply the symmetricDifference method to the MultiPoint object.
multipoint_symmetric_difference = multipoint.symmetricDifference(
    right=input_geom, maxError=1
)

# Print the result.
display(
    'multipoint.symmetricDifference(...) =', multipoint_symmetric_difference
)

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