12.15.9.2 Spatial Relation Functions That Use Minimum Bounding Rectangles (MBRs)

12.15.9.2 Spatial Relation Functions That Use Minimum Bounding Rectangles (MBRs)
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The OpenGIS specification defines the following functions that test the relationship between two geometry values g1 and g2. The MySQL implementation uses minimum bounding rectangles, so these functions return the same result as the corresponding MBR-based functions. The return values 1 and 0 indicate true and false, respectively.

Contains(g1,g2)
Returns 1 or 0 to indicate whether g1 completely contains g2. This tests the opposite relationship as Within().
Disjoint(g1,g2)
Returns 1 or 0 to indicate whether g1 is spatially disjoint from (does not intersect) g2.
Equals(g1,g2)
Returns 1 or 0 to indicate whether g1 is spatially equal to g2.
Intersects(g1,g2)
Returns 1 or 0 to indicate whether g1 spatially intersects g2.
Overlaps(g1,g2)
Returns 1 or 0 to indicate whether g1 spatially overlaps g2. The term spatially overlaps is used if two geometries intersect and their intersection results in a geometry of the same dimension but not equal to either of the given geometries.
Within(g1,g2)
Returns 1 or 0 to indicate whether g1 is spatially within g2. This tests the opposite relationship as Contains().

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