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[Working with spatial data](https://github.com/enjalot/wwsd)

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Created on Jun 26, 2016

This example shows a world map rendered in grayscale as a single filled path, using a Mercator projection to display geographic boundaries. It loads GeoJSON data of world countries from an external URL and draws them with D3.js version 3.5.5. The code uses `d3.geo.mercator()` to define the projection, `d3.geo.path()` to generate the SVG path data, and appends the result as one `path` element. The map fills the entire viewport, with the projection scaled and translated to center on a 960×500 canvas.

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Example #6

Working with d3.js projections for mapping geospatial data

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