I guess square grids are also preferred because the square structure has good analogies into Euclidean coordinate spaces. But probably there are better representations than Euclidean representation for spatial scenarios also depending on the application, Uber actually built their hex grid representation here https://eng.uber.com/h3/
keenan
@tarangs Yep, the connection to Cartesian coordinates is a very good one---and is in fact the same reason we make the manifold assumption! (To be able to put Cartesian coordinates on little patches of our shape.)
I guess square grids are also preferred because the square structure has good analogies into Euclidean coordinate spaces. But probably there are better representations than Euclidean representation for spatial scenarios also depending on the application, Uber actually built their hex grid representation here https://eng.uber.com/h3/
@tarangs Yep, the connection to Cartesian coordinates is a very good one---and is in fact the same reason we make the manifold assumption! (To be able to put Cartesian coordinates on little patches of our shape.)