Felix Palmer

Felix Palmer, a developer and maintainer of DeckGL with a background in physics, discusses the innovative A5 discrete global grid system. He explains the challenges of aggregating global data and the importance of choosing the right grid for accurate analysis. Felix highlights how A5 improves upon previous systems like S2 and H3 by reducing area distortion and enabling equal-area projections. He also talks about the role of LLMs in enhancing geospatial tooling and shares insights on building accessible multilingual libraries for analysis.