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REST Resource: projects.locations.maps

  • EarthEngineMap is a resource providing information about a map.

  • It has fields for name, expression, file format, band IDs, and visualization options.

  • It includes a method calledcreate used to generate an ID for rendering map tiles.

Resource: EarthEngineMap

Information about a map.

JSON representation
{"name":string,"expression":{object (Expression)},"fileFormat":enum (ImageFileFormat),"bandIds":[string],"visualizationOptions":{object (VisualizationOptions)}}
Fields
name

string

The resource name representing the map, of the form "projects/*/maps/**" (e.g. "projects/earthengine-legacy/maps/").

expression

object (Expression)

The expression to compute.

fileFormat

enum (ImageFileFormat)

The output file format in which to generate the map tiles.

bandIds[]

string

If present, specifies a specific set of bands that will be selected from the result of evaluating the given expression. If not present, all bands resulting from the expression will be selected.

visualizationOptions

object (VisualizationOptions)

If present, a set of visualization options to apply to produce an 8-bit RGB visualization of the data.

Methods

create

 Creates an ID that can be used to render map tiles showing the results of a computation.

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Last updated 2025-03-06 UTC.