Cells are subdivisions of the globe used to calculate regional scores. There is a total of 24 576 cells in the world each of which has a unique codename like e.g. AM01-CHARLIE-07.
Technology[]
The mathematics of cell devision comes from uses the S2 cell system; see their devguide for more information.
- There are 31 S2-cell sizes, from "0" to "30", in the S2 system. Size "0", the largest level, divides the globe into 6 large chunks. Each size divides into 4 cells of the next level.
- The normal Ingress cell, which divides the globe in 24 576 parts, is size "06" in S2-cell nomenclature.
- There is evidence that Ingress makes use of lower S2-cell sizes. For example:
- Size "12" is used for deciding how Machina behaves. Because 46 = 4096, we know there are 4096 size "12" cells in every size "06" cell.
Names[]
A Cell codename looks like "AM01-CHARLIE-07". It can be broken down int three parts:
- Code of one of the six major zones (S2 cell size "0"):
NR("North zone")AM("American zone") – this is what we have.AF("African zone")AS("Asian zone")PA("Pacific zone")ST("South zone")
- Code of one of the 256 subareas (16 rows and 16 columns) of each major zone (S2 cell size "4"):
- 01 corresponds to the row number: the first row.
- CHARLIE corresponds to the third column. The nomenclature is alphabetical, following the NATO phonetic alphabet.
- Number given to each of the 16 cells (4 rows and 4 columns) of each subarea (S2 cell size "6"):
- In this case, it's simply "07".
List of Cells[]
NR[]
- Main article: NR ("North zone") (Cell list)
AM[]
- Main article: AM ("American zone") (Cell list)
AF[]
- Main article: AF ("African zone") (Cell list)
AS[]
- Main article: AS ("Asian zone") (Cell list)
PA[]
- Main article: PA ("Pacific zone") (Cell list)
ST[]
- Main article: ST ("South zone") (Cell list)