Astronomers have developed an indexing strategy using Hierarchical, Equal Area, and iso-Latitude Pixelisation (HEALPix): https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9905275

Astronomers have developed an indexing strategy using Hierarchical, Equal Area, and iso-Latitude Pixelisation (HEALPix): https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9905275 https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9905275