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Is there a FOSS implementation for Discrete Global Grid System & Global Statistical Geospatial Framework?

Not yet. However, I agree with your interpretation that several are close and one of the OGC DGGS working group key activities is to establish a registry of DGGS implementations so this is likely to ...
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Uber H3 DGGS: Table of largest hexagons per resolution?

We don't have a table like this, though we do have a ticket to create one FWIW. For max and min, you don't have to iterate over the entire grid. The smallest cells are the pentagons at the vertices ...
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Why are my icosahedron triangle subdivisions not equilateral (PostGIS)?

Yes, this is due to the tiled icosahedron to-sphere projections. I think of this process as: Take a normal icosahedron, all corners lie on the same sphere, and therefore, the distance is also the same,...
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Converting line to set of H3 hexagons?

I think this is fine, with two caveats: You should preserve order by using an ordered data structure (and not an unordered set). You should allow for some repetitions by using a data structure that ...
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How to obtain the minimal covering of a circle with H3 hexagons?

One option would be to calculate your polygon as you are now (though I'd probably use a popular geometry library like Shapely rather than my own circle buffering algorithm), but only with a buffer of ...
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Converting line to set of H3 hexagons?

Solution above proposed by @alphabetasoup works very well with H3 version 3.x With H3 version 4.x you need to follow the migration documentation and make the following replacements: replace geo_to_h3 ...
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Converting line to set of H3 hexagons?

I want to share a discussion from a Github issue. I think it is valuable regarding the question. Nick Rabinowitz said Your approach is what I would have recommended. h3_line has some limitations here ...
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Converting line to set of H3 hexagons?

Same problem, similar solution. Only one additional step that seemed to provide a smoother / more accurate result (i.e., H3s that more closely follow the shape of the line). For each set of points ...
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How to use ISEA projection?

A map projection is a 2D transformation (in mathematical terms; in cartographic terms it is a conversion), from one reference surface to a plane (or to a developable surface towards a plane). For ...
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How to use ISEA projection?

This is a Wiki (!), please collabore editing here... Or adding a correct and complete answer! Trying to answer The problem in "how to use" was the area calculation, so, the alternative ...
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Distorted h3 hexagons using h3js with Mapbox

Something is definitely off there - while H3 hexagons do have some distortion in various parts of the globe, and while this distortion is further distorted at extreme latitudes when rendered in a ...
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DGGS projections with PostGIS or pgLatLon

PostGIS use PROJ.org, and recent PROJ versions has implemented some projections, used in DGGS candidates: PROJ v8.2+ added S2 Geometry's projection. PROJ v??+ added QSC projection. PROJ v??+ added ...
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Hex grid on EPSG:4326 globe (for use in Leaflet)

https://github.com/mocnik-science/geogrid - The library geogrid provides methods to generate and handle the ISEA Aperture 3 Hexagon Discrete Global Grid System (ISEA3H DGGS) using the Inverse Snyder ...
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