Name
&> — Returns TRUE if A' bounding box overlaps or is to the right of B's.
Synopsis
boolean &>( geometry A , geometry B );
Description
The &> operator returns TRUE if the bounding box of geometry A overlaps or is to the right of the bounding box of geometry B, or more accurately, overlaps or is NOT to the left of the bounding box of geometry B.
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| This operand will make use of any indexes that may be available on the geometries. |
Examples
SELECT tbl1.column1, tbl2.column1, tbl1.column2 &> tbl2.column2 AS overright FROM ( VALUES (1, 'LINESTRING(1 2, 4 6)'::geometry)) AS tbl1, ( VALUES (2, 'LINESTRING(0 0, 3 3)'::geometry), (3, 'LINESTRING(0 1, 0 5)'::geometry), (4, 'LINESTRING(6 0, 6 1)'::geometry)) AS tbl2; column1 | column1 | overright ---------+---------+----------- 1 | 2 | t 1 | 3 | t 1 | 4 | f (3 rows)