I am trying to create a hexagon representation of assets that is similar to, but not the same as a hexbin map. Unlike the techniques I can easily find, I do not wish to bin the assets together but rather arrange each asset as an individual hexagon tile.
I would like to find an arrangement of the tiles that is closest to the geographical arrangement, but spreading the tiles out so there is no overlap. For example if I have this, I'd like it to turn into something like this:
What is the correct term for this technique, and does anyone have any suggestions on how best to do this?