当需要针对轨迹进行操作,或是希望将点聚合成为轨迹降低存储成本时,推荐使用轨迹表。

以某出行APP的数据为例,其建表语句为:
CREATE TABLE trajectory_table(
    userid numeric PRIMARY KEY, 
    traj trajectory
);
创建轨迹支持多种方式,具体如下:
  • 将点表转化为轨迹,具体请参见点表
    由于执行GROUP BY操作时不一定保证点的次序,因此需要调用ST_Sort()函数,将轨迹点根据时间重新排序。
    INSERT INTO trajectory_table
    SELECT userid, ST_Sort(ST_MakeTrajectory(pnts.tjraw, true, '{"intensity"}'::cstring[]))
    FROM
    (SELECT sample_points.userid, 
            array_agg(
                ROW(sample_points.sample_time, 
                    sample_points.x, 
                    sample_points.y, 
                    sample_points.z, 
                    sample_points.intensity)) 
            AS tjraw FROM sample_points GROUP BY userid
    ) pnts;
  • ST_makeTrajectory提供多种方式构造轨迹:
    说明 本示例仅展示ID为1的轨迹,通过Geometry类型+时间戳数组+属性JSON串构造轨迹。
    INSERT INTO trajectory_table 
    SELECT 3, ST_MakeTrajectory(
                'STPOINT'::leaftype, 
                st_geomfromtext('LINESTRING(114.35 39.28 4,114.36 39.28 4,114.35 39.29 4)', 4326), 
                ARRAY['2020-04-11 17:42:30'::timestamp,'2020-04-11 17:43:30'::timestamp,'2020-04-11 17:45:00'::timestamp], 
                '{"leafcount":3,"attributes":{"intensity":{"type":"integer","length":4,"nullable":true,"value":[80,30,50]}}}'
    );           
    说明 ST_makeTrajectory函数提供多种方式构造轨迹,一些方式需要依赖Ganos的Geometry几何类型,更多信息,请参见Ganos的几何类型
  • JSON字符串构建轨迹:
    INSERT INTO trajectory_table
    SELECT 4, 
    '{"trajectory":{"version":1,"type":"STPOINT","leafcount":3,"start_time":"2020-04-11 17:42:30","end_time":"2020-04-11 17:45:00","spatial":"SRID=4326;LINESTRING(114.35 39.28 4,114.36 39.28 4,114.35 39.29 4)","timeline":["2020-04-11 17:42:30","2020-04-11 17:43:30","2020-04-11 17:45:00"],"attributes":{"leafcount":3,"intensity":{"type":"integer","length":4,"nullable":true,"value":[80,30,50]}}}}'
    ::trajectory;
对于整条的轨迹,支持进行时空相关的操作,例如相交、包含的判断等。通过建立R树索引,可以加速空间查询。
--创建索引。
CREATE INDEX ON trajectory_table USING gist(traj);

--查找所有与一个二维矩形范围相交的轨迹,返回其userid。
SELECT userid FROM trajectory_table WHERE ST_2DIntersects(traj, ST_MakeEnvelope(114.33,39.28,14.331,39.282));