14. Spatial Joins Exercises¶
Here’s a reminder of some of the functions we have seen. Hint: they should be useful for the exercises!
sum(expression): aggregate to return a sum for a set of records
count(expression): aggregate to return the size of a set of records
ST_Area(geometry) returns the area of the polygons
ST_AsText(geometry) returns WKT
text
ST_Contains(geometry A, geometry B) returns the true if geometry A contains geometry B
ST_Distance(geometry A, geometry B) returns the minimum distance between geometry A and geometry B
ST_DWithin(geometry A, geometry B, radius) returns the true if geometry A is radius distance or less from geometry B
ST_GeomFromText(text) returns
geometry
ST_Intersects(geometry A, geometry B) returns the true if geometry A intersects geometry B
ST_Length(linestring) returns the length of the linestring
ST_Touches(geometry A, geometry B) returns the true if the boundary of geometry A touches geometry B
ST_Within(geometry A, geometry B) returns the true if geometry A is within geometry B
Also remember the tables we have available:
nyc_census_blocks
name, popn_total, boroname, geom
nyc_streets
name, type, geom
nyc_subway_stations
name, routes, geom
nyc_neighborhoods
name, boroname, geom
14.1. Exercises¶
What subway station is in “Little Italy”? What subway route is it on?
SELECT s.name, s.routes FROM nyc_subway_stations AS s JOIN nyc_neighborhoods AS n ON ST_Contains(n.geom, s.geom) WHERE n.name = 'Little Italy';
name | routes -----------+-------- Spring St | 6
What are all the neighborhoods served by the 6-train? (Hint: The
routes
column in thenyc_subway_stations
table has values like “B,D,6,V” and “C,6”)SELECT DISTINCT n.name, n.boroname FROM nyc_subway_stations AS s JOIN nyc_neighborhoods AS n ON ST_Contains(n.geom, s.geom) WHERE strpos(s.routes,'6') > 0;
name | boroname --------------------+----------- Midtown | Manhattan Hunts Point | The Bronx Gramercy | Manhattan Little Italy | Manhattan Financial District | Manhattan South Bronx | The Bronx Yorkville | Manhattan Murray Hill | Manhattan Mott Haven | The Bronx Upper East Side | Manhattan Chinatown | Manhattan East Harlem | Manhattan Greenwich Village | Manhattan Parkchester | The Bronx Soundview | The Bronx
Nota
We used the
DISTINCT
keyword to remove duplicate values from our result set where there were more than one subway station in a neighborhood.After 9/11, the “Battery Park” neighborhood was off limits for several days. How many people had to be evacuated?
SELECT Sum(popn_total) FROM nyc_neighborhoods AS n JOIN nyc_census_blocks AS c ON ST_Intersects(n.geom, c.geom) WHERE n.name = 'Battery Park';
17153
What neighborhood has the highest population density (persons/km2)?
SELECT n.name, Sum(c.popn_total) / (ST_Area(n.geom) / 1000000.0) AS popn_per_sqkm FROM nyc_census_blocks AS c JOIN nyc_neighborhoods AS n ON ST_Intersects(c.geom, n.geom) GROUP BY n.name, n.geom ORDER BY popn_per_sqkm DESC LIMIT 2;
name | popn_per_sqkm -------------------+------------------ North Sutton Area | 68435.13283772678 East Village | 50404.48341332535