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Learn D3.js

You're reading from   Learn D3.js Create interactive data-driven visualizations for the web with the D3.js library

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838645571
Length 650 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER 2. Technical Fundamentals 3. Quick Start 4. Data Binding 5. Manipulating Data and Formatting 6. Scales, Axes, and Colors 7. Shape and Layout Generators 8. Animation and Interactivity 9. Visualizing Hierarchical Data 10. Visualizing Flows and Networks 11. Visualizing Geographical Data 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Projections

Projections are functions that transform latitudes and longitudes on the surface of a sphere or ellipsoid into positions on a plane. In order to represent the Earth, the sky, the moon, a planet or any spherical shape on a plane, you need a projection. Humans have used geographical projections for millennia (the oldest projections date over 2,500 years ago) for many different purposes. There is no limit to the amount of projections that can be invented.

Types of projections

The three basic cartographical projections project the surface a sphere or ellipsoid onto a developable surface: any surface that can be flattened onto a plane without stretching or compressing. These surfaces are: the plane, the cylinder and...

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