ee.Geometry.Polygon.type

  • Returns the GeoJSON type of a geometry object as a string.

  • The type() method can be applied to a Geometry object, specifically illustrated with a Polygon in the provided examples.

  • Usage involves calling geometry.type(), which will return a string representing the geometry type, such as "Polygon".

  • Code examples demonstrate using the type() method in both JavaScript and Python for Earth Engine.

 Returns the GeoJSON type of the geometry.

UsageReturns
Polygon.type()String
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 type method to the Polygon object.
var polygonType = polygon.type();

// Print the result to the console.
print('polygon.type(...) =', polygonType);

// 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 type method to the Polygon object.
polygon_type = polygon.type()

# Print the result.
display('polygon.type(...) =', polygon_type)

# 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