PostGIS

ST_MakeBox2D

7.18. Bounding Box Functions

Name

ST_MakeBox2D — Creates a BOX2D defined by two 2D point geometries.

Synopsis

+box2d +ST_MakeBox2D(+`geometry `+pointLowLeft, geometry pointUpRight`)`;

Description

Creates a box2d defined by two Point geometries. This is useful for doing range queries.

Examples

--Return all features that fall reside or partly reside in a US national atlas coordinate bounding box
--It is assumed here that the geometries are stored with SRID = 2163 (US National atlas equal area)
SELECT feature_id, feature_name, geom
FROM features
WHERE geom && ST_SetSRID(ST_MakeBox2D(ST_Point(-989502.1875, 528439.5625),
    ST_Point(-987121.375 ,529933.1875)),2163)

See Also

ST_Point, ST_SetSRID, ST_SRID

ST_3DExtent

ST_3DMakeBox