H3

H3 layers visualize spatial data using H3 Hexagonal Hierarchical Spatial Index.

To use H3 layer, you need a hex_id or hexagon_id in your dataset, which can be generated using h3-js from latitude, longitude and resolution.

Naming Convention

kepler.gl auto generates H3 layer from column: hex_id, hexagon_id

Sample dataset:

hex_id	value
89283082c2fffff	64
8928308288fffff	73
89283082c07ffff	65
89283082817ffff	74
89283082c3bffff	66
89283082883ffff	76

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