12.16.9.2 Spatial Relation Functions That Use Minimum Bounding Rectangles

MySQL provides several MySQL-specific functions that test the relationship between minimum bounding rectangles (MBRs) of two geometries g1 and g2. The return values 1 and 0 indicate true and false, respectively.

A corresponding set of MBR functions defined according to the OpenGIS specification is described later in this section.

MBRContains(g1, g2)

Returns 1 or 0 to indicate whether the minimum bounding rectangle of g1 contains the minimum bounding rectangle of g2. This tests the opposite relationship as MBRWithin().

mysql> SET @g1 = ST_GeomFromText('Polygon((0 0,0 3,3 3,3 0,0 0))');
mysql> SET @g2 = ST_GeomFromText('Point(1 1)');
mysql> SELECT MBRContains(@g1,@g2), MBRWithin(@g2,@g1);
+----------------------+--------------------+
| MBRContains(@g1,@g2) | MBRWithin(@g2,@g1) |
+----------------------+--------------------+
|                    1 |                  1 |
+----------------------+--------------------+

MBRContains() and Contains() are synonyms.

MBRCoveredBy(g1, g2)

Returns 1 or 0 to indicate whether the minimum bounding rectangle of g1 is covered by the minimum bounding rectangle of g2. This tests the opposite relationship as MBRCovers().

MBRCoveredBy() handles its arguments as follows:

If either argument is NULL or an empty geometry, the return value is NULL.
If either argument is not a syntactically well-formed geometry byte string, an ER_GIS_INVALID_DATA error occurs.
Otherwise, the return value is non-NULL.

mysql> SET @g1 = ST_GeomFromText('Polygon((0 0,0 3,3 3,3 0,0 0))');
mysql> SET @g2 = ST_GeomFromText('Point(1 1)');
mysql> SELECT MBRCovers(@g1,@g2), MBRCoveredby(@g1,@g2);
+--------------------+-----------------------+
| MBRCovers(@g1,@g2) | MBRCoveredby(@g1,@g2) |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|                  1 |                     0 |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
mysql> SELECT MBRCovers(@g2,@g1), MBRCoveredby(@g2,@g1);
+--------------------+-----------------------+
| MBRCovers(@g2,@g1) | MBRCoveredby(@g2,@g1) |
+--------------------+-----------------------+
|                  0 |                     1 |
+--------------------+-----------------------+

MBRCovers(g1, g2)
Returns 1 or 0 to indicate whether the minimum bounding rectangle of g1 covers the minimum bounding rectangle of g2. This tests the opposite relationship as MBRCoveredBy(). See the description of MBRCoveredBy() for examples.
MBRCovers() handles its arguments as follows:
- If either argument is NULL or an empty geometry, the return value is NULL.
- If either argument is not a syntactically well-formed geometry byte string, an ER_GIS_INVALID_DATA error occurs.
- Otherwise, the return value is non-NULL.
MBRDisjoint(g1, g2)
Returns 1 or 0 to indicate whether the minimum bounding rectangles of the two geometries g1 and g2 are disjoint (do not intersect).
MBRDisjoint() and Disjoint() are synonyms.
MBREqual(g1, g2)
Returns 1 or 0 to indicate whether the minimum bounding rectangles of the two geometries g1 and g2 are the same.
MBREqual() is deprecated; expect it to be removed in a future MySQL release. Use MBREquals() instead.
MBREquals(g1, g2)
Returns 1 or 0 to indicate whether the minimum bounding rectangles of the two geometries g1 and g2 are the same.
MBREquals(), MBREqual(), and Equals() are synonyms.
MBRIntersects(g1, g2)
Returns 1 or 0 to indicate whether the minimum bounding rectangles of the two geometries g1 and g2 intersect.
MBRIntersects() and Intersects() are synonyms.
MBROverlaps(g1, g2)
Two geometries spatially overlap if they intersect and their intersection results in a geometry of the same dimension but not equal to either of the given geometries.
This function returns 1 or 0 to indicate whether the minimum bounding rectangles of the two geometries g1 and g2 overlap.
MBROverlaps() and Overlaps() are synonyms.
MBRTouches(g1, g2)
Two geometries spatially touch if their interiors do not intersect, but the boundary of one of the geometries intersects either the boundary or the interior of the other.
This function returns 1 or 0 to indicate whether the minimum bounding rectangles of the two geometries g1 and g2 touch.

MBRWithin(g1, g2)

Returns 1 or 0 to indicate whether the minimum bounding rectangle of g1 is within the minimum bounding rectangle of g2. This tests the opposite relationship as MBRContains().

mysql> SET @g1 = ST_GeomFromText('Polygon((0 0,0 3,3 3,3 0,0 0))');
mysql> SET @g2 = ST_GeomFromText('Polygon((0 0,0 5,5 5,5 0,0 0))');
mysql> SELECT MBRWithin(@g1,@g2), MBRWithin(@g2,@g1);
+--------------------+--------------------+
| MBRWithin(@g1,@g2) | MBRWithin(@g2,@g1) |
+--------------------+--------------------+
|                  1 |                  0 |
+--------------------+--------------------+

MBRWithin() and Within() are synonyms.

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 described earlier in this section. The return values 1 and 0 indicate true and false, respectively.

These functions support all argument type combinations except those that are inapplicable according to the Open Geospatial Consortium specification.

Contains(g1, g2)
MBRContains() and Contains() are synonyms. For more information, see the description of MBRContains().
Contains() is deprecated; expect it to be removed in a future MySQL release. Use MBRContains() instead.
Disjoint(g1, g2)
MBRDisjoint() and Disjoint() are synonyms. For more information, see the description of MBRDisjoint().
Disjoint() is deprecated; expect it to be removed in a future MySQL release. Use MBRDisjoint() instead.
Equals(g1, g2)
MBREquals() and Equals() are synonyms. For more information, see the description of MBREquals().
Equals() is deprecated; expect it to be removed in a future MySQL release. Use MBREquals() instead.
Intersects(g1, g2)
MBRIntersects() and Intersects() are synonyms. For more information, see the description of MBRIntersects().
Intersects() is deprecated; expect it to be removed in a future MySQL release. Use MBRIntersects() instead.
Overlaps(g1, g2)
MBROverlaps() and Overlaps() are synonyms. For more information, see the description of MBROverlaps().
Overlaps() is deprecated; expect it to be removed in a future MySQL release. Use MBROverlaps() instead.
Within(g1, g2)
MBRWithin() and Within() are synonyms. For more information, see the description of MBRWithin().
Within() is deprecated; expect it to be removed in a future MySQL release. Use MBRWithin() instead.