Can you find intersecting polygons?

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Steve Lehr wrote:
> Is it possible to find intersecting polygons with PHP Mapscript? (or other
> if not)
>
> I'm thinking I'd like to use the JAVA front so that a user can select a
> random polygon on the screen, then submit the random polygon.  Behind the
> scenes convert those points to extent type coordinates, generate a polygon,
> then find the interersecting polygons underneath.

I may be wrong, but I think you can do a query to get the polygon and
then do a subsequent queryByShape to get the underlying objects.

-Steve W.