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##### within (with strategy)

Checks if the first geometry is completely inside the second geometry using the specified strategy.

###### Description

The free function within checks if the first geometry is completely inside the second geometry, using the specified strategy. Reasons to specify a strategy include: use another coordinate system for calculations; construct the strategy beforehand (e.g. with the radius of the Earth); select a strategy when there are more than one available for a calculation.

###### Synopsis

    template<typename Geometry1, typename Geometry2, typename Strategy>
    bool within(Geometry1 const & geometry1, Geometry2 const & geometry2, Strategy const & strategy)

###### Parameters

Type | Concept | Name | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
Geometry1 const & | Any type fulfilling a Geometry Concept | geometry1 | A model of the specified concept which might be within the second geometry
Geometry2 const & | Any type fulfilling a Geometry Concept | geometry2 | A model of the specified concept which might contain the first geometry
Strategy const & |  | strategy | strategy to be used

###### Returns

true if geometry1 is completely contained within geometry2, else false

###### Header

Either

`#include <boost/geometry.hpp>`

Or

`#include <boost/geometry/algorithms/within.hpp>`

###### Conformance

The function within implements function Within from the OGC Simple Feature Specification.

| Note
OGC defines within as completely within and not on the border. See the notes for within / on the border

###### Supported geometries

| Point | Segment | Box | Linestring | Ring | Polygon | MultiPoint | MultiLinestring | MultiPolygon | Variant
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Point |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Box |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Linestring |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ring |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Polygon |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
MultiPoint |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
MultiLinestring |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
MultiPolygon |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Variant |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

| Note
In this status matrix above: columns are types of first parameter and rows are types of second parameter. So a point can be checked to be within a polygon, but not vice versa.

###### Notes

If a point is located exactly on the border of a geometry, the result depends on the strategy. The default strategy (Winding (coordinate system agnostic)) returns false in that case.

If a polygon has a reverse oriented (e.g. counterclockwise for a clockwise typed polygon), the result also depends on the strategy. The default strategy returns still true if a point is completely within the reversed polygon. There is a specific strategy which returns false in this case.

###### Complexity

Linear

###### See also

- covered_by

###### Available Strategies

- Winding (coordinate system agnostic)
- Franklin (cartesian)
- Crossings Multiply (cartesian)

###### Example

[within_strategy] [within_strategy_output]