Search based on map bounds

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Right now, I run a query and the map fits the bounds of the returned features. But, if I have a bounding box, I could go the other way and search features within that box. This is especially fast if I have a spatial index.

[eyeseast]

Depending on the size of the dataset, this might run into the max rows setting.

[eyeseast]

Here's the hook to use: https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/plugin_hooks.html#filters-from-request-request-database-table-datasette

[eyeseast]

This probably has to be SpatiaLite only, and might be worth requiring a spatial index.

[eyeseast]

What's the best way to do a bbox query? Some comparisons:

• full scan is slow but simple to write (have to filter out null geometries, or things get weird)
• Spatial index with a subquery is fast but feels like a weird way to do it

This has to work with any geometry type, so I can't assume anything about the geometry itself.

[eyeseast]

Here's how datasette-leaflet-freedraw does it: https://github.com/simonw/datasette-leaflet-freedraw/blob/main/datasette_leaflet_freedraw/__init__.py#L26-L62