What is H3?
H3 indexes the world into hexagonal cells at 16 resolutions. It is widely used to aggregate location data, join datasets and build heat maps consistently.
Open source Open source
H3
Uber's hexagonal hierarchical spatial index
Key features
- Hexagonal global grid
- Hierarchical resolutions
- Bindings for many languages
- Supported in BigQuery, Snowflake, DuckDB
Pricing
- Model
- Open source
- Starts at
- Free
- Free tier
- Free to use
- Software licence
- Apache-2.0
Prices change often. Check the official pricing page before you buy.
Licensing & map usage
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H3 alternatives
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CARTO
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GRASS GIS
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WhiteboxTools
whiteboxgeo.comAdvanced terrain, hydrology and lidar analysis toolkit
Sentinel Hub
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