{ "name": "overlaps", "type": "function", "groups": ["GeometryGroup"], "description": "Tests whether a geometry overlaps another. Returns TRUE if the geometries share space, are of the same dimension, but are not completely contained by each other.", "arguments": [{ "arg": "geometry1", "description": "a geometry" }, { "arg": "geometry2", "description": "a geometry" }], "examples": [{ "expression": "overlaps( geom_from_wkt( 'LINESTRING(3 5, 4 4, 5 5, 5 3)' ), geom_from_wkt( 'LINESTRING(3 3, 4 4, 5 5)' ) )", "returns": "TRUE" }, { "expression": "overlaps( geom_from_wkt( 'LINESTRING(0 0, 1 1)' ), geom_from_wkt( 'LINESTRING(3 3, 4 4, 5 5)' ) )", "returns": "FALSE" }], "tags": ["share", "tests", "contained", "overlaps", "same", "dimension", "space"] }