[postgis-users] ST_Overlaps and performance

Stephen Woodbridge woodbri at swoodbridge.com
Wed Mar 7 10:42:59 PST 2012


What does EXPLAIN <query>; report back?


On 3/7/2012 1:41 PM, DrYSG wrote:
> However, a cold query to a completely new location using this syntax is
> turning out to be much better.
>
> SELECT *
> FROM portal.catalog as cat
> WHERE ST_Contains(cat.location,'SRID=4326;POINT(70.9433962
> 41.5384615)'::geometry) OR
>        ST_Contains(cat.location,'SRID=4326;POINT(71.9433962
> 40.5384615)'::geometry)  ;
>
>   13:38:41  [SELECT - 27 row(s), 4.160 secs]  Result set fetched
> ... 1 statement(s) executed, 27 row(s) affected, exec/fetch time:
> 4.160/0.000 sec  [1 successful, 0 warnings, 0 errors]
>
> I don't have to be fussy about the exact size of the QueryRectangle, it is
> coming from a user drawing on a map.
>
> However, the bbox's of the DB rectangles are aligned to lon/lat coordinates.
>
>
>
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