Within

The Within function determines if one geography is fully within another geography.

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This function isn't compatible with all data platform connections. To check if your connection supports it, see Supported data platforms and feature compatibility.

Syntax

Within(geography1, geography2)

The function has these arguments:

geography1: Required; The Geography value which is potentially within (inside) the other Geography value; Can be a Point, a Line Segment, or Polygon
geography2: Required; The Geography value that is potentially within (inside) the other Geography value

Examples

Within(Geography("POLYGON((1 1, 2 1, 2 2, 1 2, 1 1))"), Geography("POLYGON((0 0, 3 0, 3 3, 0 3, 0 0))"))

The function returns True.

Within([Centroid], [Coordinates])

Within(MakePoint(-73.985428, 40.748817), [Coordinates])

The first Within function determines if the Centroid of the polygon is within the polygon, while the second function determines if the Empire State Building ( -73.985428, 40.748817) is within the polygon.

Within([Coordinates], [Brooklyn])

The Within function determines if the values in the Coordinates column are within the boundaries of Brooklyn.