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		ravar on Sept 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: H3: Hexagonal hierarchical geospatial indexing sys... There are 12 pentagons conveniently placed over water. The docs are a pretty interesting read. https://eng.uber.com/h3/

progbits on Sept 15, 2021 [–]

That is a clever solution! For a transportation company at least.

I wonder what happens if an artificial island and a major city pops up in one of those pentagons - presumably a fun tech debt to tackle :)

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