Topological operators

{tstzspan,stbox,tcbuffer} {&&, <@, @>, ~=, -|-} {tstzspan,stbox,tcbuffer} → boolean

SELECT tcbuffer '[Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.3)@2001-01-01,
  Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.5)@2001-01-02]' && cbuffer 'Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.5)';
-- true
SELECT tcbuffer '[Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.3)@2001-01-01,
  Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.5)@2001-01-02]' @> stbox(cbuffer 'Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.5)');
-- true
SELECT cbuffer 'Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.5)'::geometry <@
  tcbuffer '[Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.3)@2001-01-01, Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.5)@2001-01-02]';
-- true
SELECT tcbuffer '[Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.3)@2001-01-01,
  Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.5)@2001-01-03]' ~= tcbuffer '[Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.3)@2001-01-01,
  Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.35)@2001-01-02, Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.5)@2001-01-03]';
-- true

Position operators

{stbox,tcbuffer} {<<, &<, >>, &>} {stbox,tcbuffer} → boolean
{stbox,tcbuffer} {<<|, &<|, |>>, |&>} {stbox,tcbuffer} → boolean
{tstzspan,stbox,tcbuffer} {<<#, &<#, #>>, #&>} {tstzspan,stbox,tcbuffer} → boolean

SELECT tcbuffer '[Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.3)@2001-01-01,
  Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.5)@2001-01-02]' <<
  stbox(cbuffer 'Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.2)');
-- false
SELECT tcbuffer '[Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.3)@2001-01-01,
  Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.5)@2001-01-02]' <<| stbox(cbuffer 'Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.5)');
-- false
SELECT tcbuffer '[Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.3)@2001-01-03,
  Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.5)@2001-01-05]' #&> tstzspan '[2001-01-01,2001-01-03]';
-- true
SELECT tcbuffer '[Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.3)@2001-01-03,
  Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.5)@2001-01-05]' #>>
  tcbuffer '[Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.3)@2001-01-01, Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.5)@2001-01-02]';
-- true

Return the spatiotemporal bounding box expanded in the spatial dimension by a float value

expandSpace(tcbuffer,float) → stbox

SELECT expandSpace(tcbuffer '[Cbuffer(Point(1 1), 0.5)@2001-01-01,
  Cbuffer(Point(3 3), 0.5)@2001-01-03]', 2);
-- STBOX XT(((-1.5,-1.5),(5.5,5.5)),[2001-01-01, 2001-01-03])