Name

|&> — Returns TRUE if A's bounding box overlaps or is above B's.

Synopsis

boolean |&>( geometry A , geometry B );

Description

The |&> operator returns TRUE if the bounding box of geometry A overlaps or is above the bounding box of geometry B, or more accurately, overlaps or is NOT below the bounding box of geometry B.

[Note]

This operand will make use of any indexes that may be available on the geometries.

Examples

Code
SELECT tbl1.column1, tbl2.column1, tbl1.column2 |&> tbl2.column2 AS overabove
FROM
  ( VALUES
    (1, 'LINESTRING(6 0,6 4)'::geometry)) AS tbl1,
  ( VALUES
    (2, 'LINESTRING(0 0,3 3)'::geometry),
    (3, 'LINESTRING(0 1,0 5)'::geometry),
    (4, 'LINESTRING(1 2,4 6)'::geometry)) AS tbl2;
Output
 column1 | column1 | overabove
---------+---------+-----------
       1 |       2 | t
       1 |       3 | f
       1 |       4 | f
(3 rows)
Figure
Geometry figure for visual-st-geometry-overabove-01

See Also

&&, &>, &<|, &<