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## Highlights
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* H3 is a hierarchical [geospatial index](/docs/highlights/indexing).
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* H3 is a [hierarchical geospatial index](/docs/highlights/indexing), which provides [exact logical containment but only approximate geometric containment](https://observablehq.com/@nrabinowitz/h3-hierarchical-non-containment) across the cell hierarchy. That is, **points within children may have different parent cells,** because child cells are not always entirely geometrically contained by the same parent.
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* H3 was developed to address the [challenges of Uber's data science needs](/docs/highlights/aggregation).
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* H3 can be used to [join disparate data sets](/docs/highlights/joining).
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* In addition to the benefits of the hexagonal grid shape, H3 includes features for [modeling flow](/docs/highlights/flowmodel).

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