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Authors: Luís Moreira de Sousa and João Paulo Leitão

Affiliation: Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland

Keyword(s): HexASCII, hexagonal raster, hexagonal mesh, hex-utils

Abstract: The advantages of hexagonal meshes over squared grids in discretising spatial variables have been known for long. Notwithstanding, the raster data formats used in geo-spatial disciplines to this purpose are still today almost exclusively reliant on squared grids. The HexASCII file format is a core element in an attempt to introduce hexagonal rasters to mainstream GIS, defining a simple vehicle to store and share such data structures. This article describes the hex-utils tool-kit, an Application Programming Interface (API) and a set of command line tools enabling the use of HexASCII rasters. Basic operations are supported: creation of new hexagonal rasters from different inputs and transformation into file formats readable by desktop GIS programmes. The API sets a framework for the development of further functionality.

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Moreira de Sousa, L. and Leitão, J. (2017). Hex-utils: A Tool Set Supporting HexASCII Hexagonal rasters. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - GISTAM; ISBN 978-989-758-252-3; ISSN 2184-500X, SciTePress, pages 177-183. DOI: 10.5220/0006275801770183

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author={Luís {Moreira de Sousa}. and João Paulo Leitão.},
title={Hex-utils: A Tool Set Supporting HexASCII Hexagonal rasters},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - GISTAM},
year={2017},
pages={177-183},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006275801770183},
isbn={978-989-758-252-3},
issn={2184-500X},
}

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - GISTAM
TI - Hex-utils: A Tool Set Supporting HexASCII Hexagonal rasters
SN - 978-989-758-252-3
IS - 2184-500X
AU - Moreira de Sousa, L.
AU - Leitão, J.
PY - 2017
SP - 177
EP - 183
DO - 10.5220/0006275801770183
PB - SciTePress

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