Gary Fu <g...@sigmaspace.com> writes:
> I don't see any overlap between the polygon and the box in the following 
> sql. Can anyone explain why it returns 't'?

>   select polygon(path '((0,0),(10,10),(20,10),(10,0))') && polygon(box 
> '((16,0),(17,1))');
>   ?column?
> ----------
>   t
> (1 row)

Up to 8.4 the poly_overlap function did this:

 * Determine if polygon A overlaps polygon B by determining if
 * their bounding boxes overlap.
 *
 * XXX ought to do a more correct check!

I see it's been improved for 9.0 ...

                        regards, tom lane

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