How do I use ST_Contains in following case? - postgresql

I have two tables. First with points, and second with polygons. I need to find out which points are in required polygon according to the attribute gid.
Using query: SELECT table1.* FROM table1, table2 WHERE table2.gid=1 AND ST_Contains(table2.geom2, table1.geom1);
What I get is empty table (only columns without data)...
Tnx

Are you sure there are any intersecting points? Try
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table2 WHERE table2.gid=1
It should return 1.
Another thing you could try is using ST_Intersects instead of ST_Contains.
Otherwise, you might need to post some data dumps of data you think should match.

Related

SELECT query returns more records than exists

Background
I have a table with raster data (grib_data) created by using raster2pgsql.
I have created a second table (turb_mod) with a subset of the points in grib_data that has a value above a certain threshold.
This subset table (turb_mod) has been created with the following query
WITH turb AS (SELECT rid, rast, (ST_PixelAsPoints(rast)).val AS val
FROM grib_data
)
SELECT rid, rast INTO turb_mod
FROM turb WHERE val > 0.5;
The response when creating the table is "SELECT 53" indicating that the table turb_mod would now hold 53 rows
Problem
If I now try to return the raster data from turb_mod using the below query it returns all records from the original table, not the 53 that I am expecting
SELECT (ST_PixelAsPoints(rast)).x AS x FROM turb_mod;
Questions
Why does my query not return only the 53 records?
Is there a better way to create a table with a selection of raster points from the original table? I want to use the subset to apply further geospatial functions like spatial clustering.
In your final SELECT, you're calling the function ST_PixelAsPoints, which is a set-returning function. This results in an output row [being] generated for each element of the function's result set (reference), and can thus result in a different row count to that of your source table, turb_mod.
Your query is functionally equivalent to this (preferred) syntax:
SELECT points.x
FROM
turb_mod
JOIN LATERAL ST_PixelAsPoints(rast) points ON TRUE;
This syntax better shows what's happening, and also shows how you might choose to include more columns from the function's output, which may help to answer your second point.

ST_Intersects() query took too long

I'm working on a query using the PostGIS extension that implements a 'spatial join' work. Running the query took an incredibly long time and failed in the end. The query is as follows:
CREATE INDEX buffer_table_geom_idx ON buffer_table USING GIST (geom);
CREATE INDEX point_table_geom_idx ON point_table USING GIST (geom);
SELECT
point_table.*,
buffer_table.something
FROM
point_table
LEFT JOIN buffer_table ON ST_Intersects (buffer_table.geom, point_table.geom);
where the point_table stands for a table that contains over 10 million rows of point records; the buffer_table stands for a table that contains only one multi-polygon geometry.
I would want to know if there is anything wrong with my code and ways to adjust. Thanks in advance.
With a LEFT JOIN you're going through every single record of point_table and therefore ignoring the index. Try this and see the difference:
SELECT point_table.*
FROM point_table
JOIN buffer_table ON ST_Contains(buffer_table.geom, point_table.geom);
Divide and conquer with ST_SubDivide
Considering the size of your multipolygon (see comments), it might be interesting to divide it into smaller pieces, so that the number of vertices for each containment/intersection calculation also gets reduced, consequently making the query less expensive.
First divide the large geometry into smaller pieces and store in another table (you can also use a CTE/Subquery)
CREATE TABLE buffer_table_divided AS
SELECT ST_SubDivide(geom) AS geom FROM buffer_table
CREATE INDEX buffer_table_geom_divided_idx ON buffer_table_divided USING GIST (geom);
.. and perform your query once again against this new table:
SELECT point_table.*
FROM point_table
JOIN buffer_table_divided d ON ST_Contains (d.geom, point_table.geom);
Demo: db<>fiddle

ST_contains taking too much time

I am trying to match latitude/longitude to a particular neighbor location using below query
create table address_classification as (
select distinct buildingid,street,city,state,neighborhood,borough
from master_data
join
Borough_GEOM
on st_contains(st_astext(geom),coordinates) = 'true'
);
In this, coordinates is of below format
ST_GeometryFromText('POINT('||longitude||' '||latitude||')') as coordinates
and geom is of column type geometry.
i have already created indexes as below
CREATE INDEX coordinates_gix ON master_data USING GIST (coordinates);
CREATE INDEX boro_geom_indx ON Borough_GEOM USING gist(geom);
I have almost 3 million records in the main table and 200 geometric information in the GEOM table. Explain analyze of the query is taking so much time (2 hrs).
Please let me know, how can i optimize this query.
Thanks in advance.
As mentioned in the comments, don't use ST_AsText(): that doesn't belong there. It's casting the geom to text, and then going back to geom. But, more importantly, that process is likely to fumble the index.
If you're unique on only column then use DISTINCT ON, no need to compare the others.
If you're unique on the ID column and your only joining to add selectivity then consider using EXISTS. Do any of these columns come from the borough_GEOM other than geom?
I'd start with something like this,
CREATE TABLE address_classification AS
SELECT DISTINCT ON (buildingid),
buildingid,
street,
city,
state,
neighborhood,
borough
FROM master_data
JOIN borough_GEOM
ON ST_Contains(geom,coordinates);

Merge non-adjacent polygons in Qgis or Postgres

I am working with Qgis and PostgreSQL. But i can't figure out how to merge the non-adjacent polygons in my screenshot into one record? Can anybody help mee with this problem?
I want all the polygons with the same cat to be merged in one record.
See screenshot here:
Thnx
If you want use Postgres you need create a SELECT using ST_Union
geometry ST_Union(geometry set g1field);
geometry ST_Union(geometry g1, geometry g2);
geometry ST_Union(geometry[] g1_array);
You can try this to create one array
Concatenate multiple rows in an array with SQL on PostgreSQL
I try this one in my states tables and work ok
SELECT ST_Union(a_geom)
FROM (SELECT array_agg(e.geom) as a_geom
FROM mapas.estadosven_region e
) t
I make another test and looks like this also may work
SELECT ID, ST_Union(geom)
FROM test_dissolve_function t
WHERE ST_isValid(geom)='t'
GROUP BY ID;

Updating multiple rows in one table based on multiple rows in a second

I have two tables, table1 and table2, both of which contain columns that store postgis geometries. What I want to do is see where the geometry stored in any row of table2 geometrically intersects with the geometry stored in any row of table1 and update a count column in table1 with the number of intersections. Therefore, if I have a geometry in row 1 of table1 that intersects with the geometries stored in 5 rows in table2, I want to store a count of 5 in a separate column in table one. The tricky part for me is that I want to do this for every row of column 1 at the same time.
I have the following:
UPDATE circles SET intersectCount = intersectCount + 1 FROM rectangles
WHERE ST_INTERSECTS(cirlces.geom, rectangles.geom);
...which doesn't seem to be working. I'm not too familiar with postgres (or sql in general) and I'm wondering if I can do this all in one statement or if I need a few. I have some ideas for how I would do this with multiple statements (or using for loop) but I'm really looking for a concise solution. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
something like:
update t1 set ctr=helper.ctr
from (
select t1.id, count(*) as cnt
from t1, t2
where st_intersects(t1.col, t2.col)
group by t1.id
) helper
where helper.id=t1.id
?
btw: Your version does not work, because a row can get updated only once in a single update statement.