Slippy map + extent indicator
The visualization combines a full-screen slippy map with a small inset globe that shows the current map extent. The globe uses an orthographic projection with radial gradients to create a shaded, three-dimensional appearance, while the main map displays Stamen tiles with an overlaid semi-transparent polygon indicating the visible region. Built with D3 v3, the example uses d3.geo.orthographic, d3.geo.path, and d3.geo.graticule, and loads world land and country boundaries from TopoJSON files, with city points from a GeoJSON places file.
AI-generated descriptionExtent indicator globe using d3.geo.orthographic and radial gradients.
Slippy map code from:
http://bl.ocks.org/3943330 by tmcw
http://bl.ocks.org/4132797 by mbostock
Map tiles from Stamen
forked from <a href='http://bl.ocks.org/dwtkns/'>dwtkns</a>'s block: <a href='http://bl.ocks.org/dwtkns/4710879'>Slippy map + extent indicator</a>