ee.Geometry.Point.getInfo

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

  • Requests can be made synchronously (blocking) or asynchronously (non-blocking) using a callback function.

  • Asynchronous requests are generally preferred to avoid UI freezes and are typically made using evaluate() instead of getInfo().

  • This method returns the computed value of the object, such as coordinate data for a Point.

  • Examples are provided in JavaScript and Python demonstrating how to use getInfo() and display results.

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
Point.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 Point object.
var point = ee.Geometry.Point(-122.082, 37.42);

// Apply the getInfo method to the Point object.
var pointGetInfo = point.getInfo();

// Print the result to the console.
print('point.getInfo(...) =', pointGetInfo);

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

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 Point object.
point = ee.Geometry.Point(-122.082, 37.42)

# Apply the getInfo method to the Point object.
point_get_info = point.getInfo()

# Print the result.
display('point.getInfo(...) =', point_get_info)

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