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		bloopernova on Sept 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: H3: Hexagonal hierarchical geospatial indexing sys... They distort the hexagons as you go further north. https://observablehq.com/@four43/h3-index-visualizer https://imgur.com/a/SgDfJkG is an example

ritwikgupta on Sept 15, 2021 [–]

The warping you’re observing is a result of the projection used to display the map on a 2D screen. They actually do use pentagons to solve the tessellation issue.

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