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  Boost.Geometry (aka GGL, Generic Geometry Library)

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[def __this_function__ intersection]

[heading_conformance_ogc __this_function__..Intersection]

[heading Behavior]
[table
[[Case] [Behavior] ]
[[[qbk_out __point__]][Calculates intersection points of input geometries]]
[[[qbk_out __linestring__]][Calculates intersection linestrings of input (multi)linestrings]]
[[[qbk_out __polygon__]][Calculates intersection polygons of input (multi)polygons and/or boxes]]
]

[include reference/algorithms/geometry_rules.qbk]

[heading Example]
[intersection]
[intersection_output]

[heading See also]
* [link geometry.reference.algorithms.union_ union]
* [link geometry.reference.algorithms.difference difference]
* [link geometry.reference.algorithms.sym_difference sym_difference (symmetric difference)]