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DDylanFM
Last edited May 27, 2014
Created on May 27, 2014
This visualization maps wildfire incidents across New South Wales using a GeoJSON dataset, plotting each fire as a point on a geographic canvas. It encodes each incident’s location, alert level, and status through colored markers, with hover interactions likely revealing details like size and council area. The code uses D3’s `d3.geoPath` to project boundaries and a custom force-directed layout to prevent overlapping labels. It also leverages Canvas pixel analysis via `getImageData` to detect and avoid collisions, ensuring readable annotations. Data comes from the provided GeoJSON file, rendered dynamically with D3’s event handling.
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