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