intersects_bbox function

Returns 1 if the geometries spatially intersect the bounding box defined and 0 if they don't.

Syntax

intersects_bbox( a, b )

Arguments

a → geometry b → geometry

Example

intersects_bbox( geomFromWKT( 'POINT(4 5)' ) , geom_from_wkt( 'LINESTRING(3 3 , 4 4 , 5 5)' )) → returns 1
intersects_bbox( geomFromWKT( 'POINT(6 5)' ) , geom_from_wkt( 'POLYGON((3 3 , 4 4 , 5 5, 3 3))' )) → returns 0