Using Uber H3 Indexing Library in Postgres for Geospatial Data Analytics

Introduction H3 is a hierarchical grid system designed to efficiently index and organize geospatial data. It divides the Earth’s surface into hexagonal cells of various sizes, creating a hierarchical structure that allows for spatial indexing and querying. In context to postgres, uber h3 can be used to represented your spatial data as h3 indexes which are 64bit integers which can be used to turn your spatial operations into relational operations....

May 29, 2024 · 5 min · 1025 words