8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 00000 00001 00010 00011 00100 00101 00110 00111 01000 01001 01010 01011 01100 01101 01110 01111 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 b c d e f g 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 10000 10001 10010 10011 10100 10101 10110 10111 11000 11001 11010 11011 11100 11101 11110 11111 h j k m n p q r s t u v w x y z 011011 01101 1???? e 23, -23
‣ Ability to approximate regions using cells ‣ Compact representation of each cell ‣ Fast methods for querying with arbitrary regions ‣ All cells at a given level should have similar area