4.8.  Coordinates range #

The function

sbox(south_west,  
 north_east); 
spoint south_west;
spoint north_east;
 

creates an sbox object with its first parameter south_west as the southwest edge and its second parameter northeast as the north-east edge of the coordinates range.

Example 4.9. Create a spherical box using edges

A coordinate range between 0° and +10° in latitude and longitude.

sql> SELECT sbox ( spoint '(0d,0d),(10d,10d)' );