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You're reading from Learning D3.js 5 Mapping Build cutting-edge maps and visualizations with JavaScript

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2017

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781787280175

Length 298 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

Concepts

Data Visualization

Authors (3):

Thomas Newton

Oscar Villarreal

Lars Verspohl

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Gathering Your Cartography Toolbox FREE CHAPTER

2. Creating Images from Simple Text

3. Producing Graphics from Data - the Foundations of D3

4. Creating a Map

5. Click-Click Boom! Applying Interactivity to Your Map

6. Finding and Working with Geographic Data

7. Testing

8. Drawing with Canvas and D3

9. Mapping with Canvas and D3

10. Adding Interactivity to Your Canvas Map

11. Shaping Maps with Data - Hexbin Maps

12. Publishing Your Visualization with GitHub Pages

Gathering Your Cartography Toolbox

Welcome to the world of cartography with D3. In this chapter, you will be given all the tools you need to create a map using D3. These tools exist freely and openly, thanks to the wonderful world of open source. Given that we are going to be speaking in terms of the web, our languages will be HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. After reading this book, you will be able to use all three languages effectively in order to create maps on your own.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

Quick bootstrap
Step-by-step bootstrap
Installing key libraries and tools
Using the web browser as a development tool

When creating maps in D3, your toolbox is extraordinarily light. The goal is to focus on creating data visualizations and remove the burden of heavy IDEs and map-making software.

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Authors (3)

Newton

Thomas Newton has over 20 years of experience in software engineering, creating highly scalable and flexible software solutions for clients. During this period, he has developed a broad range of expertise ranging from data visualizations, to large-scale cloud platforms, to continuous delivery and DevOps. When not going in a new technology, he spends time with his beautiful family.

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Verspohl

Lars Verspohl has been modeling and visualizing data for over 15 years. He works with businesses and organisations from all over the world to turn their often complex data into intelligible interactive visualizations. He also writes and builds stuff at datamake.io. His ideal weekend is spent either at a lake or on a mountain with his kids, although it can be hard to tear them away from the computer games he wrote for them.

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Oscar Villarreal

Oscar Villarreal has been building web applications and visualizations for the past 15 years. He's worked with all kinds of businesses and organizations globally, helping them visualize and interact with data in more meaningful ways. He enjoys spending time with his wife and kid, as well as hanging from the edge of a rock wall when climbing.

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