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ee.FeatureCollection.getString

  • You can extract a property from a feature usingFeatureCollection.getString(property).

  • This method takes the feature object and the property name as arguments.

  • It returns the value of the specified property as a String.

  • Examples are provided in both JavaScript and Python to demonstrate usage.

 Extract a property from a feature.

UsageReturns
FeatureCollection.getString(property)String
ArgumentTypeDetails
this:objectElementThe feature to extract the property from.
propertyStringThe property to extract.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// A FeatureCollection with a string property value.varfc=ee.FeatureCollection([]).set('string_property','Abies magnifica');// Fetch the string property value as an ee.String object.print('String property value as ee.String',fc.getString('string_property'));

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and usinggeemap for interactive development.

importeeimportgeemap.coreasgeemap

Colab (Python)

# A FeatureCollection with a string property value.fc=ee.FeatureCollection([]).set('string_property','Abies magnifica')# Fetch the string property value as an ee.String object.display('String property value as ee.String:',fc.getString('string_property'))

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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.