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Icosahedron face-crossing cells

Cells spanning two icosahedron faces are distorted; edges are not symmetric and area varies.

Class
Case to account for
Affects
2 conversions
01

Detection

Compare edge lengths / inscribed:circumscribed ratio against the resolution norm.

02

Mitigation

01
Densify edges
02
Compute circles from the true boundary, never from a nominal edge length
03

Affected conversions

H3exact polygon
OPEN
H3inscribed circle
OPEN