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    1. ⬡/⬣ A quick thread: Hexagonal grids are awesome for visualizing and analyzing spatial data (for a variety of reasons). @jasonmlindo/1106386349731524608
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    2/⬢ Hexagonal grids ensure that nearby observations in the underlying data will remain nearby in the binned data. @lukestein/1106697712580227072
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      3/⬢ Hexagonal grids (honeycombs) can do better than square grids (fishnets) at matching boundaries that don’t run due N/S/E/W. Also, they can deal better with Earth’s curvature 🌍. blog.geolytix.net/2017/03/03/fishnets-honeycombs-and-footballs-better-spatial-models-with-hexagonal-grids/
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        4/⬢ Hexgird maps are *surging* in popularity📈. (Sorry.) eng.uber.com/h3/
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          5/⬢ You can do your hex mapping in #rstats if that’s your thing strimas.com/spatial/hexagonal-grids/
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            ⬢/⬢ Finally, 🐝s’ honeycombs. (Actually connected to the mapping advantages!) Hexagonal grids divide a surface into regions of equal area with the lowest total perimeter. The Honeycomb Conjecture goes back to at least 36 BC but wasn’t proven until 1999! youtube.com/watch?v=QEzlsjAqADA
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