GeoJSON in Three.js

This Is a Globe

A rotating orthographic globe displays Earth’s landmasses as a flat silhouette on a circular canvas. The map is rendered using D3 v3’s `d3.geo.orthographic` projection and `d3.geo.path`, with TopoJSON land data from the world-110m file. A `d3.timer` advances the rotation each frame, clearing and redrawing the canvas context, while a stroked arc outlines the sphere’s edge.

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Three-Axis Rotation

Three rotating orthographic projections display the Earth from the perspective of three perpendicular axes, labeled λ, φ, and γ. The world-110m land data is rendered as filled paths using `d3.geoPath` and `d3.geoOrthographic`, with the rotation angles updated per frame from a timer. Each canvas uses its 2D context to clear and redraw shapes, with a sphere outline stroke for the globe boundary.

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See-Through Globe

A rotating see-through globe displays both the front and back hemispheres simultaneously. The orthographic projection, implemented with `d3.geo.orthographic`, first renders the entire sphere as a light outline, then draws the front-facing land polygons in a darker tone using the `d3.geo.path` API on a Canvas. A graticule overlays the sphere, and the entire scene rotates continuously via a timer. The code loads world-110m GeoJSON data from a gist and relies on `topojson.feature` to extract land polygons.

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World Tour

This visualization presents an animated orthographic globe that cycles through the world’s countries, highlighting each one in red while rotating to center it on screen. The display shows the country name above the globe as it transitions between nations. The code uses D3.js v3 for transitions and tweens, TopoJSON for world map data, and a Canvas 2D context for rendering. A queue loads GeoJSON topology and country name mappings, while d3.geo.path draws land, borders, and the globe sphere with dynamic rotation.

AAjar06

World Map

This example uses D3’s geoOrthographic projection and geoPath to render a three-dimensional-looking Earth in SVG. It displays country landmasses in purple, with gray graticules and sphere outlines, plus gray interior borders between countries. The map loads world-atlas TopoJSON data, converts it using topojson’s feature and mesh, and visualizes it with React. The projection and path are generated with d3.geoOrthographic, d3.geoPath, and d3.geoGraticule, producing a static globe view.

AAashish Pandey

Transverse Mercator

This example demonstrates the transverse Mercator map projection, displaying world landmasses and country boundaries within a graticule grid. The map is rendered as SVG using the D3.js library, specifically employing the `d3.geoTransverseMercator` projection and `d3.geoPath` for drawing geometries. World data comes from the `world-atlas` package, processed with `topojson-client` to extract land and boundary features. The visualization includes a spherical outline, a graticule, and styled land and boundary paths, all centered within a 960x960 canvas.

Let's make a map with D3.js!

The example demonstrates how to create a world map visualization using D3.js, rendering geographic features as SVG elements. It shows country boundaries and a styled ocean sphere, with countries colored light green and outlined with subtle black strokes. The code loads GeoJSON data via `d3.json` from the world-atlas TopoJSON dataset, converts it using the TopoJSON client library, and projects the map with `d3.geoPath` and a geographic projection. The visualization includes a blue sphere background and depends on D3 v5 and the `topojson` library for data processing.

LLuce Liu

World Map w/ land (more efficient)

This visualization displays a world map with natural landmasses highlighted in teal against a light gray sphere, with interior borders shown in a contrasting blue and graticule lines providing spatial reference. It loads TopoJSON from the world-atlas package, converts it to GeoJSON using the topojson `feature` and `mesh` functions, and renders the map with React. The code uses D3 v6’s `geoNaturalEarth1` projection, `geoPath`, and `geoGraticule` to draw the sphere, land features, graticule, and interior boundaries as SVG paths.

AAnthony Ynami