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H3 geospatial indexing system

The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography

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How to Use H3 to Create a Database in a Big Data System

H3 doesn't really have a constraint on it because what H3 is handling is really that single column which is the spatial identifier. So you could create a database in a big data system where one of those columns is in H3 identifier and those other columns can be really whatever you want within the constraints of that database. It comes from this, I was able to model computer science background where it's a tool fairly specific to points or sell identifiers. And so it doesn't really know what you put next to it inside of your database. You're really able to very freely choose what you want to associate to that identifier.

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