LocateTile

LocateTile is a deterministic, quadtree-style spatial index that maps geodetic latitude/longitude to a canonical tile identifier at a fixed resolution.

It is designed to be:

• deterministic across implementations
• integer-only and auditable
• replayable for dispute resolution years later
• compatible with zero-knowledge proof systems

Canonical identifier

The canonical textual form is:

lt:<level>:<ix>:<iy>

Where:

• level is the resolution depth (non‑negative integer)
• ix is the longitude tile index
• iy is the latitude tile index