ST_BuildPyramidUseGeomSideLen
This topic describes the ST_BuildPyramidUseGeomSideLen function. This function builds a pyramid if the original vector table has a column that records the length of the bounding box of vector data, and an index is created for this column. For example, a B-tree index is created. Compared with the ST_BuildPyramid function, the ST_BuildPyramidUseGeomSideLen function significantly improves the efficiency to build and update pyramids.
Syntax
boolean ST_BuildPyramidUseGeomSideLen(cstring table, cstring geom_field, cstring geom_side_len_field, cstring fid, cstring config);Parameters
Parameter Name | Description |
table | The name of the spatial geometry table. |
geom_field | The name of the geometry field. |
geom_side_len_field | The name of the field that records the maximum side length of the bounding box for the geometry in the geom_field column. |
fid | The name of the feature ID field. |
config | Parameters to create the pyramid. |
The definition of the config parameter is the same as that in ST_BuildPyramid.
Examples
ALTER TABLE roads
ADD COLUMN geom_side_len DOUBLE PRECISION;
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION add_max_len_values() RETURNS VOID AS $$
DECLARE
t_curs CURSOR FOR
SELECT * FROM roads;
t_row test_polygon_geom_side_len%ROWTYPE;
gm GEOMETRY;
x_min DOUBLE PRECISION;
x_max DOUBLE PRECISION;
y_min DOUBLE PRECISION;
y_max DOUBLE PRECISION;
BEGIN
FOR t_row IN t_curs LOOP
SELECT t_row.geom INTO gm;
SELECT ST_XMin(gm) INTO x_min;
SELECT ST_XMax(gm) INTO x_max;
SELECT ST_YMin(gm) INTO y_min;
SELECT ST_YMax(gm) INTO y_max;
UPDATE roads
SET geom_side_len = GREATEST(x_max - x_min, y_max - y_min)
WHERE CURRENT OF t_curs;
END LOOP;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
SELECT add_max_len_values();
CREATE INDEX ON roads USING btree(geom_side_len);
SELECT ST_BuildPyramidUseGeomSideLen('roads', 'geom', 'geom_side_len', 'id',
'{"parallel":4}');