Bugle Charts

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Last edited Mar 28, 2016

Created on Mar 25, 2016

Bugle charts display hierarchical distributions across multiple groups and years, with each cell containing a vertical axis where colored shapes show prior, actual, and expected values as trapezoids with animated transitions. The visualization includes a "Randomize" button that regenerates the underlying data, triggering smooth SVG transitions via d3.js v3. Rendered with SVG elements and ordinal/linear scales, the chart uses d3.svg.axis for axes, d3.svg.line for path outlines, and a dashed line to represent totals. Each group's cell is positioned using d3.scale.ordinal for x and y coordinates, with y2 scales dynamically adjusting to variance ranges.

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forked from <a href='http://bl.ocks.org/SpaceActuary/'>SpaceActuary</a>'s block: <a href='http://bl.ocks.org/SpaceActuary/29c2c89bcdf66c2553c2'>Bar Chart Transitions - Positive to Negative</a>

forked from <a href='http://bl.ocks.org/SpaceActuary/'>SpaceActuary</a>'s block: <a href='http://bl.ocks.org/SpaceActuary/4c0c9844596a2d00938a'>Trapezoid Charts</a>

forked from <a href='http://bl.ocks.org/SpaceActuary/'>SpaceActuary</a>'s block: <a href='http://bl.ocks.org/SpaceActuary/54181ad2cb45d7e41ac8'>Trapezoid Charts 2</a>

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