mention search object support

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Josh Baker 2016-03-10 18:41:35 -07:00
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## Searching
Tile38 has support to search for objects and points that are within or intersects other objects. All object types can be searched including Polygons, MultiPolygons, GeometryCollections, etc.
<img src="/doc/search-within.png" width="200" height="200" border="0" alt="Search Within" align="left">
#### Within
WITHIN searches a collection for objects that are fully contained inside a specified bounding area.
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<BR CLEAR="ALL">
### Search options
**SPARSE** - This option will distribute the results of a search evenly across the requested area.
This is very helpful for example; when you have many (perhaps millions) of objects and do not want them all clustered together on a map. Sparse will limit the number of objects returned and provide them evenly distributed so that your map looks clean.<br><br>