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Re:Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert by raihansaputra on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @01:49AM (#25206567)
64 bits definitely buys <1cm^2 accuracy using S2 Cells/S2id. I'm always wondering why S2 doesn't see wider use for encoding location/area data.

https://s2geometry.io/resources/s2cell_statistics.html

https://s2geometry.io/devguide/s2cell_hierarchy

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Re:Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert by dredmorbius on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @07:54AM (#25208692)
Interesting, thanks.

Relevant xkcds:

Coordinate Precision https://xkcd.com/2170/

Map of the Internet: https://xkcd.com/195/

xkcd'Splained:

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2170:_Coordinate_...

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/195:_Map_of_the_I...

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