Geometry.Relate

Geometry.Relate method

Determines if DE-9IM intersection matrix of this geometry and a specified geometry matches provided pattern.

public bool Relate(IGeometry other, string intersectionPatternMatrix)

Parameter	Type	Description
other	IGeometry	A geometry.
intersectionPatternMatrix	String	A patter to match with. This should be a string with length equal to 9. Each character of the string represent expected dimension of an intersection: character 0 - between interiors of the geometries.character 1 - between interior of this geometry and boundary of another geometry.character 2 - between interior of this geometry and exterior of another geometry.character 3 - between boundary of this geometry and interior of another geometry.character 4 - between boundaries of the geometries.character 5 - between boundary of this geometry and exterior of another geometry.character 6 - between exterior of this geometry and interior of another geometry.character 7 - between exterior of this geometry and boundary of another geometry.character 8 - between exteriors of the geometries. Possible values of each characters are: * - any value;F - no intersection;T - any intersection;0 - point intersection (e.g. shared point);1 - line intersection (e.g. shared segment of line);2 - area intersection (e.g. shared part of polygon); For example, an intersection pattern “F0*******” means, that there should not be intersection between geometries interiors and intersection between geometries boundaries must be a point. See OpenGIS Simple Features Specification for more details about intersection matrix pattern.

Return Value

true if this intersection matrix matches patter; false otherwise.

Exceptions

exception	condition
ArgumentNullException	other is `null`.
ArgumentException	One of the geometries is invalid in such way that operation can not be finished.
ArgumentException	`SpatialReferenceSystem` of geometries are not equivalent. You can use `SpatialReferenceSystemTransformation` in order to convert geometries to the same spatial reference system.

Remarks

This method builds DE-9IM intersection matrix and matches it with the pattern See OpenGIS Simple Features Specification for more details about DE-9IM intersection matrix.

Examples

The following code:

geometry.Relate(other, "T*F**FFF*");

will detect whether geometries are spatially equal.