hexagonal map or hex map is a game board design commonly used in wargames of all scales.
The map is subdivided into a hexagonal tiling, small regular hexagons of identical size.
ol.source.HexMap is an image source that render an hexagonal grid on a map.
The ol.Hexgrid object is used to convert from coordinate to hex or calculate lines beetween hexagons.
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