expand

Expands a box using the bounding box (envelope) of another geometry (box, point)

Synopsis

template<typename Box, typename Geometry>
void expand(Box & box, Geometry const & geometry)

Parameters

Type	Concept	Name	Description
Box &	type of the box	box	box to be expanded using another geometry, mutable
Geometry const &	Any type fulfilling a Geometry Concept	geometry	A model of the specified concept geometry which envelope (bounding box) will be added to the box

Header

Either

#include <boost/geometry.hpp>

#include <boost/geometry/algorithms/expand.hpp>

Conformance

The function expand is not defined by OGC.

Behavior

Case	Behavior
Box / Point	Box is expanded to include the specified Point
Box / Box	Box is expanded to include the specified Box
Box / Other geometries	Not yet supported in this version

	Note
	To use expand with another geometry type then specified, use expand(make_envelope<box_type>(geometry)

Complexity

Linear

Example

Shows the usage of expand

#include <iostream>
#include <list>

#include <boost/geometry.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/geometries/box.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/geometries/point_xy.hpp>

int main()
{
    typedef boost::geometry::model::d2::point_xy<short int> point_type;
    typedef boost::geometry::model::box<point_type> box_type;

    using boost::geometry::expand;

    box_type box = boost::geometry::make_inverse<box_type>(); 

    expand(box, point_type(0, 0));
    expand(box, point_type(1, 2));
    expand(box, point_type(5, 4));
    expand(box, boost::geometry::make<box_type>(3, 3, 5, 5));

    std::cout << boost::geometry::dsv(box) << std::endl;

    return 0;
}

expand is usually preceded by a call to assign_inverse or make_inverse

Output:

((0, 0), (5, 5))