The Nested Hexagon Framework

The world’s digital GIS data is like a huge library with no index, and books of every conceivable topic scattered in random piles. The problem is not a lack of data, it is a lack of organization. The Nested Hexagon Framework (NHF) can provide a solution to this lack of organization. By providing a global, standardized, multiscale grid to reference and summarize datasets, the NHF can serve as an annotated spatial index to make datasets more discoverable and provide summaries of the information known about an area. Read more …