"Gopal" <gopal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > This is the query and the schema.... > ... > select > sum(area(intersection(snaptogrid(chunkgeometry,0.00000001), > GeometryFromText('POLYGON((-0.140030845589332 > 50.8208343077265,-0.138958398039148 50.8478005422809,-0.0963639712296823 > 50.8471133071392,-0.0974609286275892 50.8201477285483,-0.140030845589332 > 50.8208343077265))',4326))) * 100/ (0.00114901195862628)) as > percentCover, So evidently area(intersection(snaptogrid(...))) takes about 300 microsec per row. The PostGIS hackers would have to comment on whether that seems out-of-line or not, and whether you can make it faster. regards, tom lane