I have a table A with Id and Geometry
And Temporary table B
Each Geometry of Temporary table B has intersecting geometry in Table A. I want to find the intersecting geometry and make a union of the geometry. The final table should be id of Table A which is having intersection and the union of geometry. If there are more than 1 intersecting geometry then pick any one.
I can not perform join here as there is no common column between these tables so don’t know how to get the final result.
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Answer
In the demo, I took types intrange for simulating the types geometry. Ranges are close enough to get the same query:
SELECT DISTINCT ON (b.id) -- 3
a.id,
a.geom + b.geom -- 2
FROM a
JOIN b ON a.geom && b.geom -- 1
- Join condition should be the check for intersection. For ranges it is
&&operator, in your case it should best_intersects(a.geom, b.geom) - Union both geometries. Here it is done using the
+operator, in your case it should best_union(a.geom, b.geom) DISTINCT ON(b.id)ensures that there’s only one record perb.id
So, your final query should look like this:
SELECT DISTINCT ON (b.id) -- 3
a.id,
st_union(a.geom, b.geom) -- 2
FROM a
JOIN b ON st_intersects(a.geom, b.geom) -- 1


