Creates polygon boundaries around clusters of polygons. Implemented as a PostGIS function. Inputs include data table, geometry field (built for polygon), unique id, and radius (distance between clustered polygons).

postgis_cluster_boundary_create.sql

-- Function: public.polygon_clusters(character varying, character varying, character varying, numeric)

-- DROP FUNCTION public.polygon_clusters(character varying, character varying, character varying, numeric);

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.polygon_clusters(parcels character varying, geom character varying, gid character varying, radius numeric)
  RETURNS SETOF record AS
$BODY$
DECLARE
    lid_new    integer;
    dmn_number integer := 1;
    outr       record;
    innr       record;
    r          record;
BEGIN

    DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tmp;
    EXECUTE 'CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE tmp AS SELECT '||gid||', '||geom||' FROM '||parcels;
    ALTER TABLE tmp ADD COLUMN dmn integer;
    ALTER TABLE tmp ADD COLUMN chk boolean DEFAULT FALSE;
    EXECUTE 'UPDATE tmp SET dmn = '||dmn_number||', chk = FALSE WHERE '||gid||' = (SELECT MIN('||gid||') FROM tmp)';

    LOOP
        LOOP
            FOR outr IN EXECUTE 'SELECT '||gid||' AS gid, '||geom||' AS geom FROM tmp WHERE dmn = '||dmn_number||' AND NOT chk' LOOP
                FOR innr IN EXECUTE 'SELECT '||gid||' AS gid, '||geom||' AS geom FROM tmp WHERE dmn IS NULL' LOOP
--                     IF ST_DWithin(ST_Transform(ST_SetSRID(outr.geom, 4326), 3785), ST_Transform(ST_SetSRID(innr.geom, 4326), 3785), radius) THEN
                    IF ST_DWithin(outr.geom, innr.geom, radius) THEN
                        EXECUTE 'UPDATE tmp SET dmn = '||dmn_number||', chk = FALSE WHERE '||gid||' = '||innr.gid;
                    END IF;
                END LOOP;
                EXECUTE 'UPDATE tmp SET chk = TRUE WHERE '||gid||' = '||outr.gid;
            END LOOP;
            SELECT INTO r dmn FROM tmp WHERE dmn = dmn_number AND NOT chk LIMIT 1;
            EXIT WHEN NOT FOUND;
       END LOOP;
       SELECT INTO r dmn FROM tmp WHERE dmn IS NULL LIMIT 1;
       IF FOUND THEN
           dmn_number := dmn_number + 1;
           EXECUTE 'UPDATE tmp SET dmn = '||dmn_number||', chk = FALSE WHERE '||gid||' = (SELECT MIN('||gid||') FROM tmp WHERE dmn IS NULL LIMIT 1)';
       ELSE
           EXIT;
       END IF;
    END LOOP;

    RETURN QUERY EXECUTE 'SELECT ST_ConvexHull(ST_Collect('||geom||')) FROM tmp GROUP by dmn';

    RETURN;
END
$BODY$
  LANGUAGE plpgsql VOLATILE
  COST 100
  ROWS 1000;
ALTER FUNCTION public.polygon_clusters(character varying, character varying, character varying, numeric)
  OWNER TO model_team;