Space-filling curves
One can conveniently scan a finite 2D grid just by going along each successive row in turn. One can scan a quadrant of an infinite grid using the σ function on page 1127, or one can scan a whole grid by for example going in a square spiral that at step t reaches position
(1/2(-1)#({1, -1}(Abs[#2 - t] - #) + #2 - t- Mod[#, 2]) &)[Round[√t]]