+AnyPoint = Union[Point, Tuple[float, float]]
+
+WKB_BBOX_HEADER_LE = b'\x01\x03\x00\x00\x20\xE6\x10\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x05\x00\x00\x00'
+WKB_BBOX_HEADER_BE = b'\x00\x20\x00\x00\x03\x00\x00\x10\xe6\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x05'
+
+class Bbox:
+ """ A bounding box in WSG84 projection.
+
+ The coordinates are available as an array in the 'coord'
+ property in the order (minx, miny, maxx, maxy).
+ """
+ def __init__(self, minx: float, miny: float, maxx: float, maxy: float) -> None:
+ self.coords = (minx, miny, maxx, maxy)
+
+
+ @property
+ def minlat(self) -> float:
+ """ Southern-most latitude, corresponding to the minimum y coordinate.
+ """
+ return self.coords[1]
+
+
+ @property
+ def maxlat(self) -> float:
+ """ Northern-most latitude, corresponding to the maximum y coordinate.
+ """
+ return self.coords[3]
+
+
+ @property
+ def minlon(self) -> float:
+ """ Western-most longitude, corresponding to the minimum x coordinate.
+ """
+ return self.coords[0]
+
+
+ @property
+ def maxlon(self) -> float:
+ """ Eastern-most longitude, corresponding to the maximum x coordinate.
+ """
+ return self.coords[2]
+
+
+ @staticmethod
+ def from_wkb(wkb: Optional[bytes]) -> 'Optional[Bbox]':
+ """ Create a Bbox from a bounding box polygon as returned by
+ the database. Return s None if the input value is None.
+ """
+ if wkb is None:
+ return None
+
+ if len(wkb) != 97:
+ raise ValueError("WKB must be a bounding box polygon")
+ if wkb.startswith(WKB_BBOX_HEADER_LE):
+ x1, y1, _, _, x2, y2 = unpack('<dddddd', wkb[17:65])
+ elif wkb.startswith(WKB_BBOX_HEADER_BE):
+ x1, y1, _, _, x2, y2 = unpack('>dddddd', wkb[17:65])
+ else:
+ raise ValueError("WKB has wrong header")
+
+ return Bbox(min(x1, x2), min(y1, y2), max(x1, x2), max(y1, y2))
+
+
+ @staticmethod
+ def from_point(pt: Point, buffer: float) -> 'Bbox':
+ """ Return a Bbox around the point with the buffer added to all sides.
+ """
+ return Bbox(pt[0] - buffer, pt[1] - buffer,
+ pt[0] + buffer, pt[1] + buffer)
+
+