{
"name": "overlay_within",
"type": "function",
"groups": ["GeometryGroup"],
"description": "Returns whether the current feature is spatially within at least one feature from a target layer, or an array of expression-based results for the features in the target layer that contain the current feature.
Read more on the underlying GEOS \"Within\" predicate, as described in PostGIS ST_Within function.",
"arguments": [{
"arg": "layer",
"description": "the layer whose overlay is checked"
}, {
"arg": "expression",
"description": "an optional expression to evaluate on the features from the target layer. If not set, the function will just return a boolean indicating whether there is at least one match.",
"optional": true
}, {
"arg": "filter",
"description": "an optional expression to filter the target features to check. If not set, all the features will be checked.",
"optional": true
}, {
"arg": "limit",
"description": "an optional integer to limit the number of matching features. If not set, all the matching features will be returned.",
"optional": true
}, {
"arg": "cache",
"description": "set this to true to build a local spatial index (most of the time, this is unwanted, unless you are working with a particularly slow data provider)",
"optional": true,
"default": "false"
}],
"examples": [{
"expression": "overlay_within('regions')",
"returns": "TRUE if the current feature is spatially within a region"
}, {
"expression": "overlay_within('regions', filter:= population > 10000)",
"returns": "TRUE if the current feature is spatially within a region with a population greater than 10000"
}, {
"expression": "overlay_within('regions', name)",
"returns": "an array of names, for the regions containing the current feature"
}, {
"expression": "array_to_string(overlay_within('regions', name))",
"returns": "a string as a comma separated list of names, for the regions containing the current feature"
}, {
"expression": "array_sort(overlay_within(layer:='regions', expression:=\"name\", filter:= population > 10000))",
"returns": "an ordered array of names, for the regions containing the current feature and with a population greater than 10000"
}, {
"expression": "overlay_within(layer:='regions', expression:= geom_to_wkt(@geometry), limit:=2)",
"returns": "an array of geometries (in WKT), for up to two regions containing the current feature"
}],
"tags": ["predicate", "current", "contain", "target", "array", "geos", "underlying", "features"]
}