Transversing Equirectangular

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Transversing Equirectangular

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Last edited Feb 9, 2016

Created on Jun 7, 2013

Animated equirectangular projection of the world sphere, with a red equator and graticule lines, rotates the globe to show how the projection distorts paths. The animation cycles through three phases: a pure rotation, a zoom-out with a simultaneous SVG rotation, and a return. Built with D3 v3, it uses `d3.geo.equirectangular`, `d3.geo.path`, and `d3.geo.graticule`, and animates via D3’s `.transition()` and `.tween()` methods to recompute geographic paths in real time.

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