OvertureMaps / OvertureMaps/data
better document contain vs intersects in queries
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We should probably just document both. The Python library does the bbox intersection vs. contains: https://github.com/OvertureMaps/overturemaps-py/blob/main/overturemaps/core.py#L23-L30
Originally posted by @jwass in https://github.com/OvertureMaps/data/discussions/401#discussioncomment-13496622
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