[HN Gopher] A hexagonal-tiled cartogram for U.S. counties
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       A hexagonal-tiled cartogram for U.S. counties
        
       A direct link to the data used: https://github.com/jordanroga/hex-
       cartogram/blob/main/County....
        
       Author : jordanhroga
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2025-02-05 03:18 UTC (19 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.jordanroga.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.jordanroga.com)
        
       | jasongill wrote:
       | I am not a cartographer or any type of a data visualization
       | expert, but isn't the advantage of the hexagon map - the fact
       | that it "highlights trends that are often masked by the
       | geographical quirks of actual state boundaries" per the article -
       | negated by hexagon county maps?
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       | For example, California has 58 counties, but Kentucky has 120.
       | That means that the "resolution" of the data in California is
       | half as accurate as the data in Kentucky despite having ten times
       | as many inhabitants and 4 times the land area.
       | 
       | Basically, by switching to hexagon county maps, aren't we
       | actually amplifying the problem that hexagon state maps try to
       | solve and making it worse, not better?
       | 
       | (A good article and good examples OP but I just don't personally
       | see how the hexagon county map is an improvement, but again I am
       | not an expert in this field)
        
       | ge96 wrote:
       | side note Uber wrote about hexagons https://www.uber.com/blog/h3/
       | 
       | I also remember a star link map with hexagons
        
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