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by octoluke 946 days ago
H3 hexagons by Uber solves a similar problem with better characteristics- when people talk locations, they typically also want to get distances between locations. Because h3 is hexagonal (pretty much) it has a nice property that all immediate neighbors are the same distance away, which makes traversal and distance easier. This is not the case with squares.
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https://youtu.be/ay2uwtRO3QE

Really liked their talk on it!