ee.Geometry.Polygon.geometries

  • Returns a list of geometries contained within a GeometryCollection or a single geometry in a list.

  • When applied to single geometries like a Polygon, it returns a list containing that single geometry.

  • Useful for accessing individual components of a complex or multipart geometry.

  • Demonstrated with examples in JavaScript and Python using the Earth Engine API.

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

UsageReturns
Polygon.geometries()List
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: geometryGeometry

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// Define a Polygon object.
var polygon = ee.Geometry.Polygon(
    [[[-122.092, 37.424],
      [-122.086, 37.418],
      [-122.079, 37.425],
      [-122.085, 37.423]]]);

// Apply the geometries method to the Polygon object.
var polygonGeometries = polygon.geometries();

// Print the result to the console.
print('polygon.geometries(...) =', polygonGeometries);

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

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 Polygon object.
polygon = ee.Geometry.Polygon([[
    [-122.092, 37.424],
    [-122.086, 37.418],
    [-122.079, 37.425],
    [-122.085, 37.423],
]])

# Apply the geometries method to the Polygon object.
polygon_geometries = polygon.geometries()

# Print the result.
display('polygon.geometries(...) =', polygon_geometries)

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