[/============================================================================
  Boost.Geometry (aka GGL, Generic Geometry Library)

  Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Barend Gehrels, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Mateusz Loskot, London, UK.
  Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Bruno Lalande, Paris, France.

  Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software License,
  Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
=============================================================================/]

[def __this_function__ covered_by]

[heading_conformance_no_ogc __this_function__]
[note Both PostGIS and Oracle contain an algorithm with the same name and the 
  same functionality.
  See the [@http://www.postgis.org/docs/ST_CoveredBy.html PostGIS documentation]. 
]

[include reference/status/covered_by_status.qbk]
[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 
  covered by a polygon, but not vice versa.
]

[heading Complexity]
Linear

[heading See also]
* [link geometry.reference.algorithms.within within]

[note The difference with the `within` algorithm is that this algorithm checks the
  border by default
]