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PositionBucketPrecision

Enum

Indicates the resolution level for position bucketing. Higher resolutions produce smaller cells. Options will either be a H3 resolution (RESOLUTION_0 through RESOLUTION_15), or a semantic name referring to one of the H3 resolutions. On average, the area of a cell divides by 7 at each new resolution. Refer to the H3 docs for more detailed statistics on resolution.

Values

ValueDescription
RESOLUTION_0

H3 resolution 0 (~4.3 million km² average cell area)

CONTINENTAL

Extra-large-scale resolution, ~4.3 million km² per cell. Alias for RESOLUTION_0

RESOLUTION_1

H3 resolution 1 (~600,000 km²)

RESOLUTION_2

H3 resolution 2 (~87,000 km²)

RESOLUTION_3

H3 resolution 3 (~12,000 km²)

RESOLUTION_4

H3 resolution 4 (~1,770 km²)

REGIONAL

Large-scale resolution, ~1,700 km² per cell. Alias for RESOLUTION_5

RESOLUTION_5

H3 resolution 5 (~253 km²)

RESOLUTION_6

H3 resolution 6 (~36 km²)

RESOLUTION_7

H3 resolution 7 (~5 km²)

DISTRICT

Medium-scale resolution, ~5 km² per cell. Alias for RESOLUTION_7

RESOLUTION_8

H3 resolution 8 (~0.7 km²)

RESOLUTION_9

H3 resolution 9 (~0.1 km² or ~100,000 m²)

NEIGHBORHOOD

Small-scale resolution, ~100,000 m² per cell. Alias for RESOLUTION_9

RESOLUTION_10

H3 resolution 10 (~15,000 m²)

RESOLUTION_11

H3 resolution 11 (~2,000 m²)

RESOLUTION_12

H3 resolution 12 (~300 m²)

BUILDING

Small-scale resolution, ~300 m² per cell. Alias for RESOLUTION_12

RESOLUTION_13

H3 resolution 13 (~40 m²)

RESOLUTION_14

H3 resolution 14 (~6 m²)

RESOLUTION_15

H3 resolution 15 (~0.9 m²)