&& — Returns TRUE if A's 2D bounding box intersects B's 2D bounding box.
boolean &&( geometry  A ,  geometry  B );
boolean &&( geography  A ,  geography  B );
The && operator returns TRUE if the 2D bounding box of geometry A intersects the 2D bounding box of geometry B.
                 
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                 This operand will make use of any indexes that may be available on the geometries.  | 
            
Miglioramento: nella versione 2.0.0 è stato introdotto il supporto per le superfici poliedriche.
Availability: 1.5.0 support for geography was introduced.
            
 Questo metodo supporta le Curve e le Circular String. 
            
 Questa funzione supporta le Polyhedral Surface. 
SELECT tbl1.column1, tbl2.column1, tbl1.column2 && tbl2.column2 AS overlaps
FROM ( VALUES
        (1, 'LINESTRING(0 0, 3 3)'::geometry),
        (2, 'LINESTRING(0 1, 0 5)'::geometry)) AS tbl1,
( VALUES
        (3, 'LINESTRING(1 2, 4 6)'::geometry)) AS tbl2;
 column1 | column1 | overlaps
---------+---------+----------
           1 |       3 | t
           2 |       3 | f
(2 rows)