Evan Martin <postgre...@realityexists.net> writes:
> Thanks, Tom. You mean this bit, right?
> ->  Seq Scan on _test_pos  (cost=0.00..10728.00 rows=1 width=4)
>          Filter: 
> ((('0101000020E61000000000000000001C400000000000001C40'::geography && 
> _st_expand(pos, 300000::double precision)) AND ...

> I tried to find some info on selectivity estimation functions, but only 
> came up with 
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/xoper-optimization.html which 
> talks about operators. Is there something similar for functions? Or does 
> the rows estimate come from the PostGIS && operator that's used 
> internally by ST_DWithin? Just trying to understand this better so I 
> know what to ask on the PostGIS list.

Yeah, the _st_dwithin calls are probably also getting default estimates,
so this must be mostly on the head of the && calls.  You could try
EXPLAIN ANALYZEs with just these individual filter conditions to see
which ones are far off.

                        regards, tom lane

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