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  "id": "us/states@hex",
  "kind": "layout",
  "of": "us/states@10m",
  "grid": "hex",
  "orientation": "pointy",
  "offset": "odd-r",
  "keyField": "abbr",
  "nameField": "name",
  "levelName": "States",
  "extent": {
    "cols": 13,
    "rows": 7
  },
  "unplaced": [
    "AS",
    "GU",
    "MP",
    "PR",
    "VI"
  ],
  "source": "hand-authored for ApexMaps, verified against Natural Earth 5.1.1 centroids and shared-arc adjacency",
  "license": "public domain",
  "attribution": "",
  "vintage": "2026",
  "boundaries": "50 states plus DC. The five inhabited territories in us/states@10m are unplaced: no published one-hex-per-unit layout includes them, and inventing positions would imply a geography that does not exist.",
  "compromises": [
    "AK is parked top-left and HI bottom-left, the usual convention; neither is to scale or in position.",
    "WV sits half a cell left of OH though its centroid is 2.2 degrees east. The two stay adjacent, so the shape reads correctly.",
    "MO and OK share a short corner border but their cells are three apart; every arrangement that closes it pushes OK well west of KS.",
    "DC is level with North Carolina, 3.4 degrees south of it. The only cell that touches both Maryland and Virginia, which are DC's only two borders, is that one."
  ],
  "accept": {
    "order": [
      "OH/WV",
      "DC/NC"
    ],
    "borders": [
      "MO/OK"
    ]
  },
  "cells": {
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      0,
      0
    ],
    "VT": [
      10,
      0
    ],
    "NH": [
      11,
      0
    ],
    "ME": [
      12,
      0
    ],
    "WA": [
      1,
      1
    ],
    "MT": [
      2,
      1
    ],
    "ND": [
      3,
      1
    ],
    "MN": [
      4,
      1
    ],
    "WI": [
      5,
      1
    ],
    "MI": [
      6,
      1
    ],
    "NY": [
      9,
      1
    ],
    "MA": [
      10,
      1
    ],
    "RI": [
      11,
      1
    ],
    "OR": [
      1,
      2
    ],
    "ID": [
      2,
      2
    ],
    "WY": [
      3,
      2
    ],
    "SD": [
      4,
      2
    ],
    "IA": [
      5,
      2
    ],
    "IL": [
      6,
      2
    ],
    "IN": [
      7,
      2
    ],
    "OH": [
      8,
      2
    ],
    "PA": [
      9,
      2
    ],
    "NJ": [
      10,
      2
    ],
    "CT": [
      11,
      2
    ],
    "NV": [
      1,
      3
    ],
    "UT": [
      2,
      3
    ],
    "CO": [
      3,
      3
    ],
    "NE": [
      4,
      3
    ],
    "MO": [
      5,
      3
    ],
    "KY": [
      6,
      3
    ],
    "WV": [
      7,
      3
    ],
    "MD": [
      8,
      3
    ],
    "DE": [
      9,
      3
    ],
    "CA": [
      1,
      4
    ],
    "AZ": [
      2,
      4
    ],
    "NM": [
      3,
      4
    ],
    "KS": [
      4,
      4
    ],
    "AR": [
      5,
      4
    ],
    "TN": [
      6,
      4
    ],
    "NC": [
      7,
      4
    ],
    "VA": [
      8,
      4
    ],
    "DC": [
      9,
      4
    ],
    "OK": [
      3,
      5
    ],
    "LA": [
      4,
      5
    ],
    "MS": [
      5,
      5
    ],
    "AL": [
      6,
      5
    ],
    "GA": [
      7,
      5
    ],
    "SC": [
      8,
      5
    ],
    "HI": [
      1,
      6
    ],
    "TX": [
      4,
      6
    ],
    "FL": [
      8,
      6
    ]
  },
  "names": {
    "AK": "Alaska",
    "VT": "Vermont",
    "NH": "New Hampshire",
    "ME": "Maine",
    "WA": "Washington",
    "MT": "Montana",
    "ND": "North Dakota",
    "MN": "Minnesota",
    "WI": "Wisconsin",
    "MI": "Michigan",
    "NY": "New York",
    "MA": "Massachusetts",
    "RI": "Rhode Island",
    "OR": "Oregon",
    "ID": "Idaho",
    "WY": "Wyoming",
    "SD": "South Dakota",
    "IA": "Iowa",
    "IL": "Illinois",
    "IN": "Indiana",
    "OH": "Ohio",
    "PA": "Pennsylvania",
    "NJ": "New Jersey",
    "CT": "Connecticut",
    "NV": "Nevada",
    "UT": "Utah",
    "CO": "Colorado",
    "NE": "Nebraska",
    "MO": "Missouri",
    "KY": "Kentucky",
    "WV": "West Virginia",
    "MD": "Maryland",
    "DE": "Delaware",
    "CA": "California",
    "AZ": "Arizona",
    "NM": "New Mexico",
    "KS": "Kansas",
    "AR": "Arkansas",
    "TN": "Tennessee",
    "NC": "North Carolina",
    "VA": "Virginia",
    "DC": "District of Columbia",
    "OK": "Oklahoma",
    "LA": "Louisiana",
    "MS": "Mississippi",
    "AL": "Alabama",
    "GA": "Georgia",
    "SC": "South Carolina",
    "HI": "Hawaii",
    "TX": "Texas",
    "FL": "Florida"
  }
}