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Re:I quit my job to make free web tools by _gtly on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @08:39PM (#30368539)
Some code that might help with hexagons here: https://observablehq.com/@nrabinowitz/h3-tutorial-heatmap-re...
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Re:I quit my job to make free web tools by throwoutway on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @09:05PM (#30368708)
This does not seem to address the pentagon issue though?
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Re:I quit my job to make free web tools by krebby on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @09:50PM (#30369000)
Yes, but there exists an orientation in which all of the pentagons are over water (h3 uses this). It's impossible to create a global tessellation with only hexagons.
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