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 # **h3-py**: Uber's H3 Hexagonal Hierarchical Geospatial Indexing System in Python
 
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 [![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/h3.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/h3)
 [![PyPI downloads](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/h3.svg)](https://pypistats.org/packages/h3)
 [![conda](https://img.shields.io/conda/vn/conda-forge/h3-py.svg)](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/h3-py)
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 [![version](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](https://github.com/uber/h3-py/blob/master/LICENSE)
 
 [![Tests](https://github.com/uber/h3-py/workflows/tests/badge.svg)](https://github.com/uber/h3-py/actions)
-[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/uber/h3-py/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/uber/h3-py)
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-## ANNOUNCEMENT: v4.1 final released on 2024-10-13!
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-Feedback is welcome via
-[Issues](https://github.com/uber/h3-py/issues/new),
-[Discussions](https://github.com/uber/h3/discussions),
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-[Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/h3-core/shared_invite/zt-g6u5r1hf-W_~uVJmfeiWtMQuBGc1NNg).
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 Python bindings for the [H3 core library](https://h3geo.org/).