Method: projects.map.export

Initiates a batch process that computes a tiled map and writes the result to Google Cloud Storage.

HTTP request

POST https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1alpha/{project=projects/*}/map:export

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
project

string

The project id or project number of the Google Cloud Platform project that should be treated as the service consumer for this request. Format is projects/{project-id}.

Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource project:

  • earthengine.exports.create

Request body

The request body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation
{
  "expression": {
    object (Expression)
  },
  "description": string,
  "tileOptions": {
    object (TileOptions)
  },
  "tileExportOptions": {
    object (ImageFileExportOptions)
  },
  "requestId": string,
  "workloadTag": string,
  "priority": integer
}
Fields
expression

object (Expression)

An expression that evaluates to the image to compute and export. The bounds of the image will be used to determine the set of map tiles to render. To control the exported region, clip the image prior to exporting.

description

string

A human-readable name of the task.

tileOptions

object (TileOptions)

Options describing the map tiles to generate.

tileExportOptions

object (ImageFileExportOptions)

Options for where and in what form to export the map tiles. Cloud Storage is currently the only supported destination for map exports.

requestId

string

A unique string used to detect duplicated requests. If more than one request is made by the same user with the same non-empty requestId, only one of those requests may successfully start a long-running operation. requestId may contain the characters a..z, A..Z, 0-9, or '-'. requestId may be at most 60 characters long.

workloadTag

string

User supplied label to track this computation.

priority

integer

Optional. The priority of the export task within the project. Higher priority tasks are scheduled sooner. Must be an integer between 0 and 9999. Defaults to 100 if not set.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of Operation.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/earthengine
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.full_control

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.

TileOptions

Options describing image or video map tiles to export.

JSON representation
{
  "startZoom": integer,
  "minZoom": integer,
  "skipEmpty": boolean,
  "skipEmptyTiles": boolean,
  "mapsApiKey": string,
  "dimensions": {
    object (GridDimensions)
  },
  "tileDimensions": {
    object (GridDimensions)
  },
  "stride": integer,
  "zoomSubset": {
    object (ZoomSubset)
  },

  // Union field end_zoom_or_scale can be only one of the following:
  "endZoom": integer,
  "maxZoom": integer,
  "scale": number
  // End of list of possible types for union field end_zoom_or_scale.
}
Fields
startZoom

integer

The zoom level to start generating map tiles for export. Defaults to zero.

minZoom
(deprecated)

integer

The zoom level to start generating map tiles for export. Defaults to zero.

skipEmpty

boolean

If true, skip writing empty (i.e. fully-transparent) map tiles.

skipEmptyTiles
(deprecated)

boolean

If true, skip writing empty (i.e. fully-transparent) map tiles.

mapsApiKey

string

Optional Google Maps Platform API Key for generated map tile viewer.

dimensions

object (GridDimensions)

The width and height of output video tiles, used only for exporting tiled video pyramids (ExportVideoMap).

tileDimensions
(deprecated)

object (GridDimensions)

The width and height of output video tiles, used only for exporting tiled video pyramids (ExportVideoMap).

stride

integer

Tile row and column stride. (ExportVideoMap) Set to 4 for sparse tiles (WebGL-only) or 1 (default) for maximum compatibility.

zoomSubset

object (ZoomSubset)

A subset of zoom levels for which to generate tiles. May only be specified in a call to ExportVideoMap.

Union field end_zoom_or_scale. The zoom level or scale at which to stop generating map tiles for. One or the other of these must be specified. end_zoom_or_scale can be only one of the following:
endZoom

integer

The zoom level to stop generating map tiles for.

maxZoom
(deprecated)

integer

The zoom level to stop generating map tiles for.

scale

number

The max image resolution in meters per pixel. The scale will be converted to the most appropriate maximum zoom level at the equator.

ZoomSubset

A subset of zoom levels for which to generate tiles (ExportVideoMap), Start and end subsets are double precision values, allowing you to render a zoom level or levels incrementally. To render a whole pyramid with a start zoom of 12: startZoom=0, endZoom=12, don't set this message. To render levels 0-11 and the first 10% of level 12: startZoom=0, endZoom=12, subset = {min=0, max=12.1 } To render the next 10% of level 12: startZoom=0, endZoom=12, subset = {min=12.1, max=12.2 } To render the remaining 80% of level 12: startZoom=0, endZoom=12, subset = {min=12.2, max=13 } Also note that all export shards must have the same (full) pyramid size in start/endZoom.

JSON representation
{
  "start": number,
  "end": number,
  "min": number,
  "max": number
}
Fields
start

number

Starting zoom level subset for which to generate tiles (ExportVideoMap) Here, subset is a double precision value, allowing you to render a zoom level incrementally, so 12.1 for example is the first 10% of the tiles in zoom 12 in some unspecified but deterministic order.

end

number

Ending zoom level subset for which to generate tiles (ExportVideoMap), allowing you to render a zoom level incrementally, up to but not including the maximum subset (if provided) in some unspecified but deterministic order.

min
(deprecated)

number

Starting zoom level subset for which to generate tiles (ExportVideoMap) Here, subset is a double precision value, allowing you to render a zoom level incrementally, so 12.1 for example is the first 10% of the tiles in zoom 12 in some unspecified but deterministic order.

max
(deprecated)

number

Ending zoom level subset for which to generate tiles (ExportVideoMap), allowing you to render a zoom level incrementally, up to but not including the maximum subset (if provided) in some unspecified but deterministic order.