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Java bindings for H3, a hierarchical hexagonal geospatial indexing system

Is uber/h3-java beginner-friendly?

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Dominant language
Java
License
Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push
Aug 19, 2026
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Sep 19, 2026
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  3. Your contributions will be published under the project's Apache-2.0 license.
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  • Proguard rules for Android release builds
    Open

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

    uber/h3-java#215 ·

  • reverseDirectedEdge is not available in Java 4.4.0 API
    Open

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

    uber/h3-java#204 · 1 comment ·

  • Failing automatic build does not trigger Slack alert
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

    uber/h3-java#195 ·

  • polygonToCells The operation failed but a more specific error is not available
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    uber/h3-java#161 ·

  • About Handling Error in cellsToMultiPolygon
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    uber/h3-java#158 · 2 comments · 1 reaction ·

  • polygonToCells fails on a rectangular polygon
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

    uber/h3-java#138 ·

  • Add M1 CI step in Github Actions
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

    uber/h3-java#137 ·

  • CCLA Contact
    Open

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 10/100

    uber/h3-java#136 ·

  • How to generate the jar package with all the linux native objs ?
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

    uber/h3-java#134 ·

  • Compact Cells Failing on Certain Large Polygons
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

    uber/h3-java#131 · 1 comment ·

  • linux-x86 fails to cross compile on M1 Mac
    May be free again @isaacbrodsky claimed this 1345 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    uber/h3-java#123 · 1 assignee ·

  • Performance of a non-throwing API
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    uber/h3-java#107 ·

  • Export to GeoJson
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    uber/h3-java#78 ·

  • H3Core.nonZeroLongArrayToList takes too much memory
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    uber/h3-java#68 · 3 comments · 1 reaction ·

  • h3 index converted to Geocoordinates: how to export to geojson
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    uber/h3-java#66 · 4 comments ·

  • H3 Polyfill skipping areas near the boundary
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    uber/h3-java#41 · 5 comments ·

  • [Feature Req] Polyfill for multi level inclusion/exclusion
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    uber/h3-java#35 · 1 comment ·

  • JVM Crashing in Dockerized Alpine Environment
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    uber/h3-java#25 · 14 comments ·

  • JVM crash on large polyfills
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    uber/h3-java#21 · 11 comments ·

  • OOM handling in C
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    uber/h3-java#10 ·

  • Support renaming NativeMethods and H3_EXPORT
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    uber/h3-java#2 · 1 comment ·

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