There are already a number of hex systems (and yes you can also make them equal area with a similar projection). However the 12 pentagons any hex system must have will always be outliers and not the same area as the hex cells. Another advantage is that A5 is aperture 4 (each resolution has 4x as many cells as the one above), h3 is aperture 7 so you get fewer resolution levels to choose from. (Other apertures are possible with hexagons but do not nest as naturally)
The fact that pentagons are used might be the first visible characteristic of the system, but it isn’t somehow fundamental to making the rest of it work, it is just one if the choices made in the design as a whole.
There are already a number of hex systems (and yes you can also make them equal area with a similar projection). However the 12 pentagons any hex system must have will always be outliers and not the same area as the hex cells. Another advantage is that A5 is aperture 4 (each resolution has 4x as many cells as the one above), h3 is aperture 7 so you get fewer resolution levels to choose from. (Other apertures are possible with hexagons but do not nest as naturally)
The fact that pentagons are used might be the first visible characteristic of the system, but it isn’t somehow fundamental to making the rest of it work, it is just one if the choices made in the design as a whole.
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