Gist 3479d944f561ed81b080d524d9c0a80b
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WWill Carter
Last edited Jan 29, 2020
Created on Jan 29, 2020
This visualization maps hiking trails fetched from the Hiking Project API, with each trail positioned according to dynamic geographic coordinates passed to the API. The code builds a network-style graph where nodes represent trails, linked by proximity or shared attributes, using D3.js’s force simulation for layout. The rendering relies on `d3.forceSimulation` to compute node positions, while trail data is loaded asynchronously via HTTP requests and parsed from JSON. The display emphasizes spatial relationships between trails, with the simulation running in real time to reveal clusters and connections based on the fetched coordinates.
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