MBREquals

TL;DR

MBREquals returns whether two geometries have equal minimum bounding rectangles.

Syntax

MBREquals(geom1, geom2)

Arguments

geom1 and geom2 are GEOMETRY values.

Return Value

Returns BOOL.

Usage Notes

Equal MBRs do not require the full geometries to be spatially equal.

Examples

DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS geo_mbrequals_demo;
CREATE DATABASE geo_mbrequals_demo;
USE geo_mbrequals_demo;

SELECT MBREquals(ST_GeomFromText('POLYGON((0 0,10 0,10 10,0 10,0 0))'), ST_GeomFromText('POLYGON((0 0,10 0,10 10,0 10,0 0))')) AS equal_mbr;

DROP DATABASE geo_mbrequals_demo;

See Also

MBRContains, ST_Equals