Name

ST_ClusterIntersectingWin — Window function that returns a cluster id for each input geometry, clustering input geometries into connected sets.

Synopsis

integer ST_ClusterIntersectingWin(geometry winset geom);

Description

A window function that builds connected clusters of geometries that intersect. It is possible to traverse all geometries in a cluster without leaving the cluster. The return value is the cluster number that the geometry argument participates in, or null for null inputs.

Availability: 3.4.0

Examples

Return an explicit cluster id for each input geometry. Using the conventional cid alias keeps the geometry column ready for color-by-cluster rendering.

Code
WITH testdata(id, geom) AS (
  VALUES (1, 'LINESTRING (0 0,1 1)'::geometry),
         (2, 'LINESTRING (5 5,4 4)'::geometry),
         (3, 'LINESTRING (6 6,7 7)'::geometry),
         (4, 'LINESTRING (0 0,-1 -1)'::geometry),
         (5, 'POLYGON ((0 0,4 0,4 4,0 4,0 0))'::geometry)
), clustered AS (
  SELECT id,
         geom,
         ST_ClusterIntersectingWin(geom) OVER () AS cid
  FROM testdata
)
SELECT id,
       geom AS geom_wkt,
       cid
FROM clustered
ORDER BY id;
Output
 id |            geom_wkt            | cid
----+--------------------------------+-----
  1 | LINESTRING(0 0,1 1)            |   0
  2 | LINESTRING(5 5,4 4)            |   0
  3 | LINESTRING(6 6,7 7)            |   1
  4 | LINESTRING(0 0,-1 -1)          |   0
  5 | POLYGON((0 0,4 0,4 4,0 4,0 0)) |   0
Figure
Geometry figure for visual-st-clusterintersectingwin-01