# clustering

This module contains functions that perform clustering on geographies.

## ST\_CLUSTERKMEANS <a href="#st_clusterkmeans" id="st_clusterkmeans"></a>

```sql
ST_CLUSTERKMEANS(geog, numberOfClusters)
```

**Description**

Takes a set of points as input and partitions them into clusters using the k-means algorithm. Returns an array of tuples with the cluster index for each of the input features and the input geometry.

**Input parameters**

* `geog`: `ARRAY<GEOGRAPHY>` points to be clustered.
* `numberOfClusters`: `INT64`|`NULL` numberOfClusters that will be generated. If `NULL` the default value `Math.sqrt(<NUMBER OF POINTS>/2)` is used. The output number of cluster cannot be greater to the number of distinct points of the `geog`.

**Return type**

`ARRAY<STRUCT<cluster INT64, geom GEOGRAPHY>>`

**Example**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="carto-un" %}

```sql
SELECT `carto-un`.carto.ST_CLUSTERKMEANS([ST_GEOGPOINT(0, 0), ST_GEOGPOINT(0, 1), ST_GEOGPOINT(5, 0), ST_GEOGPOINT(1, 0)], 2);
-- {cluster: 1, geom: POINT(0 0)}
-- {cluster: 1, geom: POINT(0 1)}
-- {cluster: 0, geom: POINT(5 0)}
-- {cluster: 1, geom: POINT(1 0)}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="carto-un-eu" %}

```sql
SELECT `carto-un-eu`.carto.ST_CLUSTERKMEANS([ST_GEOGPOINT(0, 0), ST_GEOGPOINT(0, 1), ST_GEOGPOINT(5, 0), ST_GEOGPOINT(1, 0)], 2);
-- {cluster: 1, geom: POINT(0 0)}
-- {cluster: 1, geom: POINT(0 1)}
-- {cluster: 0, geom: POINT(5 0)}
-- {cluster: 1, geom: POINT(1 0)}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="manual" %}

```sql
SELECT carto.ST_CLUSTERKMEANS([ST_GEOGPOINT(0, 0), ST_GEOGPOINT(0, 1), ST_GEOGPOINT(5, 0), ST_GEOGPOINT(1, 0)], 2);
-- {cluster: 1, geom: POINT(0 0)}
-- {cluster: 1, geom: POINT(0 1)}
-- {cluster: 0, geom: POINT(5 0)}
-- {cluster: 1, geom: POINT(1 0)}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% hint style="info" %}
**Additional examples**

* [New police stations based on Chicago crime location clusters](https://academy.carto.com/advanced-spatial-analytics/spatial-analytics-for-bigquery/step-by-step-tutorials/new-police-stations-based-on-chicago-crime-location-clusters)
  {% endhint %}

<img src="/files/4m1BK9j4Wq34gat4HHd2" alt="EU flag" data-size="line">This project has received funding from the [European Union’s Horizon 2020](https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en) research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 960401.


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