Boundary semantics
LocateTile uses unambiguous, verifier-friendly boundary rules.
- Longitude is half-open:
[-180°, +180°) - Latitude includes poles:
[-90°, +90°] - Tile assignment uses floor semantics
- Points exactly on a tile edge map to the tile with the lower index
- The North Pole maps deterministically to the topmost row (
iy = NY - 1)
These rules prevent ambiguity and cross-implementation disagreement.