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ee.FeatureCollection.size

  • TheFeatureCollection.size() method returns the number of elements in a collection.

  • The method returns an Integer value.

  • It is applied to aFeatureCollection type object.

  • Examples in both JavaScript and Python demonstrate its usage to count features in a filtered collection.

 Returns the number of elements in the collection.

UsageReturns
FeatureCollection.size()Integer
ArgumentTypeDetails
this:collectionFeatureCollectionThe collection to count.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium.varfc=ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants').filter('country_lg == "Belgium"');print('Number of power plants in Belgium',fc.size());

Python setup

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

importeeimportgeemap.coreasgeemap

Colab (Python)

# FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium.fc=ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants').filter('country_lg == "Belgium"')display('Number of power plants in Belgium:',fc.size())

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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.