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3 main reasons:

- Runs in browser, for client-side indexing.

- Based off of tiles, instead of s2's 6-faced-cube thing. This allows it to be used with a lot of well established tools and mathematical formulas. Also much easier to reason about IMHO.

- Indexes points about twice as fast at the moment.

I also use s2, and it really is terrific. There are many cases where s2 is the superior choice (mostly due to its hilburt curve indexing scheme).



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