d3.geo
what is d3?
javascript
<html>
<style>
<svg>
<canvas>
why?
interactive animated thematic maps
projection transitions
how do you learn d3?
maybe start with this map-making tutorial
api reference
d3.geo plugin
fork
mbostock's
code!
"it was supposed to be so easy and d3 was supposed to take care of everything for me"
 
- a frustrated d3 user
expect to learn
web technologies
functional programming
linear algebra
geometry
topology
data structures
algorithms
information design
perception and interaction
web technologies
functional programming
linear algebra
geometry
topology
data structures
algorithms
information design
perception and interaction
Jason Davies
interrupted projections
polyhedron

topology matters

how do they type with these greek symbols?
"you'll know what I mean when you've ever looked down in quiet water while floating over the edge of an abyss where you see light blue and green aquatic life and then within a few meters it becomes dark blue, near black at a horribly steep descent."
- on reading Mike Bostock's JavaScript code
 
hcl colored heightmap
hexagonal binning
raster tiles
tilemill
force-directed cartogram
topology-preserving cartogram
TopoJSON
Automatic coloring
adaptive composite map projections
i had very little to do with any of this
- kai
@syntagmatic
twitter github
bay area d3 user group
 
presentation made with big