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Projection Transitions

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Last edited Jul 25, 2018

Created on Jul 25, 2018

Projection Transitions showcases a rotating sequence of over 40 map projections, including Aitoff, Mercator, and Winkel Tripel. The visualization draws world land boundaries from TopoJSON and overlays a geographic graticule, rendering each projection with d3.geo.path. A dropdown menu allows manual selection, while an automatic timer cycles through projections every 1.5 seconds. The code uses the d3.geo.projection plugin and applies SVG animations to transition smoothly between geographic coordinate systems.

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These projections are available in the geo.projection plugin.

forked from <a href='http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/'>mbostock</a>'s block: <a href='http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/3711652'>Projection Transitions</a>

forked from <a href='http://bl.ocks.org/anonymous/'>anonymous</a>'s block: <a href='http://bl.ocks.org/anonymous/68e135c8e56cb134ebf2'>Projection Transitions</a>

forked from <a href='http://bl.ocks.org/vicapow/'>vicapow</a>'s block: <a href='http://bl.ocks.org/vicapow/81bd5d538b825b23856b'>Projection Transitions</a>

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