Problem using ?# with polygon

Pierre-Yves LANDURE <pylandur@ifremer.fr> writes:

i'm trying to intersect a box and a polygon with ?#.. but the polygon
seems to be automaticaly converted to a box.... so that the given result
is false

Not surprising considering the lack of any ?# for polygons.

regression=# \do ?#
List of operators
Name | Left arg type | Right arg type | Result type | Description
------+---------------+----------------+-------------+------------------
?# | "path" | "path" | boolean | paths intersect?
?# | box | box | boolean | overlaps
?# | line | box | boolean |
?# | line | line | boolean | lines intersect?
?# | lseg | box | boolean | intersects?
?# | lseg | line | boolean |
?# | lseg | lseg | boolean | intersect?
(7 rows)

Perhaps you could coerce both to paths and look at whether the distance
(<-> operator) is zero. Not sure whether that gives quite the result
you want though.

Other alternatives: (a) write and contribute an intersection function
for point and polygon; (b) take a look at PostGIS which probably does
what you want already.

regards, tom lane