Andrew - Supernews <andrew+nonews(at)supernews(dot)com> writes:
> The problem is that the semantics of the &< and &> operators for the box
> type are not what rtree needs for the "OverLeft" and "OverRight" slots of
> the operator class.
This was observed nearly a year ago, see this thread:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2004-03/msg01135.php
but apparently no one cares enough to fix it. Are you volunteering?
regards, tom lane