hexRangeDistances function in 4.x

[gherka]

Are there plans to port the hexRangeDistances function to the 4.x API? It's currently only available in 3.x. If not, are there alternative ways to achieve the same output?

[ajfriend]

Would something like this work for you?

def grid_disk_distances(h, k):
    return [h3.grid_ring(h,i) for i in range(k)]

[gherka]

Thanks! That seems to work.

Noticed a couple of other functions that I use in my project and don't seem to be there in 4.x:

h3_to_geo_boundary
h3_to_geo
h3.polyfill_geojson() - can't seem to find a reference to it in the 3.x docs. Maybe it was an undocumented function?

Are there alternative implementations of these in 4.x or am I better off just staying on 3.x for the time being?

[ajfriend]

For the first, I think you want https://uber.github.io/h3-py/api_verbose.html#h3.cell_to_boundary

For the last two, check out:

• https://uber.github.io/h3-py/api_quick.html#polygon-interface
• https://uber.github.io/h3-py/polygon_tutorial.html

[ajfriend]

Closing for now. Let me know if you have any additional questions.