ee.Kernel.compass

Generates a 3x3 Prewitt's Compass edge-detection kernel.

UsageReturns
ee.Kernel.compass(magnitude, normalize)Kernel
ArgumentTypeDetails
magnitudeFloat, default: 1Scale each value by this amount.
normalizeBoolean, default: falseNormalize the kernel values to sum to 1.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

print('A Prewitt compass kernel', ee.Kernel.compass());

/**
 * Output weights matrix
 *
 * [1,  1, -1]
 * [1, -2, -1]
 * [1,  1, -1]
 */

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)

from pprint import pprint

print('A Prewitt compass kernel:')
pprint(ee.Kernel.compass().getInfo())

# Output weights matrix

#  [1,  1, -1]
#  [1, -2, -1]
#  [1,  1, -1]