Clustering Users by S2 Cells

s2_clustering.js

const s2 = require('@radarlabs/s2');

const user1LongLat = [-73.95772933959961, 40.71623280185081];
const user2LongLat = [-73.95927429199219, 40.71629785715124];
const user3LongLat = [-73.99206161499023, 40.688708709249646];

const user1S2 = ["user1", new s2.CellId(new s2.LatLng(user1LongLat[1], user1LongLat[0])).parent(13)];
const user2S2 = ["user2", new s2.CellId(new s2.LatLng(user2LongLat[1], user2LongLat[0])).parent(13)];
const user3S2 = ["user3", new s2.CellId(new s2.LatLng(user3LongLat[1], user3LongLat[0])).parent(13)];

const groups = {};
[user1S2, user2S2, user3S2].forEach(([userId, cellId]) => {
  const group = groups[cellId.token()] || [];
  group.push(userId);
  groups[cellId.token()] = group;
});

console.log(groups); // { '89c2595c': [ 'user1', 'user2' ], '89c25a4c': [ 'user3' ] }