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Zoomable Map Tiles

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Last edited Jul 20, 2019

Created on Nov 22, 2012

This interactive map shows a zoomable view of OpenStreetMap tiles that smoothly pans and zooms across geographic regions. It uses the `d3.geo.tile` plugin to calculate which 256x256 tile images are visible in the viewport based on current scale and translate values, while `d3.behavior.zoom` handles user panning and zooming interactions. The tiles are rendered as `img` elements positioned absolutely, and a `d3.geo.mercator` projection inverts mouse coordinates to display the latitude and longitude at the cursor.

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A demo of the d3.geo.tile plugin, which determines which 256x256 tiles are visible in the viewport based on a scale and translate. This demo combines the tile plugin with d3.behavior.zoom for panning and zooming, resulting in a a simple slippy map. Based partly on an example by Tom MacWright.

Tiles copyright OpenStreetMap contributors.

gpl-3.0 Licensed

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