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Make amazing maps with CartoDB

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Aandrewxhill
Last edited Oct 24, 2014
Created on Oct 23, 2014

This example uses CartoDB to create interactive maps from a user-supplied VizJSON URL, with a timezone selector to adjust temporal data. It demonstrates a sunrise map built with CartoDB’s Torque engine, overlaying a Leaflet map with the Leaflet.Terminator plugin to show day-night boundaries. The interface lets users paste a VizJSON link, choose a GMT offset, and submit to render the map dynamically. CartoDB.js v3 handles map creation, while the terminator layer visualizes solar terminator positions based on the selected timezone.

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