Satellites Projection DRAFT

Orthographic Globe

This interactive visualization presents an orthographic (globe) projection of world landmasses using the D3 v4 library. Users can pan the globe by dragging with the mouse, which adjusts the projection’s rotation based on pointer movement, and zoom by scrolling, which scales the projection. The map is rendered as SVG from TopoJSON world atlas data.

Aapratt2003

86% match

Satellite

This visualization shows a rotating globe with a graticule and sphere outline from the perspective of a satellite orbiting Earth. The animation continuously adjusts the camera tilt and rotation, creating a dynamic view of the planet’s surface. It uses the D3.js graphics pipeline with `d3.geo.satellite` for projection, `d3.geo.clipCircle` for visibility clipping, and the Canvas API for rendering. The data source is a graticule and sphere generated on the fly, with real-time animation driven by a timer and elapsed time.

Globe

This example shows a globe rendered with an orthographic projection, displaying the world’s landmasses in steelblue against an empty background. The visualization draws geographic features using D3 v4’s `d3.geoOrthographic` and `d3.geoPath` APIs, with map data loaded from the `world-atlas` TopoJSON dataset via `d3.json` and `topojson.feature`. A text element initially appears with an empty value before the map loads. The code sets the projection scale and translate to center the globe, then appends SVG paths for each land feature.

Aapratt2003

Orthographic

This example shows a globe rendered with the orthographic projection, displaying landmasses and country boundaries over a graticule, all clipped to a sphere. The visualization uses D3 v3’s `d3.geo.orthographic` for projection, `d3.geo.path` for drawing, and `d3.geo.graticule` for the grid. Land and boundary data come from a TopoJSON world file (world-50m), processed with `topojson.feature` and `topojson.mesh`. The sphere is drawn twice: once as a black stroke and once as a white fill, with the land and boundaries layered in between.

Interactive Orthographic

This interactive orthographic map displays a world landmass that the viewer can rotate by moving the mouse. As the cursor moves, the projection’s center re-orients to the new longitude and latitude, redrawing the SVG paths in real time. Built with D3 v3, it uses `d3.geo.orthographic`, `d3.geo.path`, and a linear scale to map pixel coordinates to degrees. The geographic data comes from a TopoJSON file (`world-110m.json`) loaded via `d3.json`, with features extracted using `topojson.feature`.

This Is a Globe

A rotating orthographic globe displays Earth’s landmasses as a flat silhouette on a circular canvas. The map is rendered using D3 v3’s `d3.geo.orthographic` projection and `d3.geo.path`, with TopoJSON land data from the world-110m file. A `d3.timer` advances the rotation each frame, clearing and redrawing the canvas context, while a stroked arc outlines the sphere’s edge.

80% match

Rotating Globe

A rotating orthographic globe displays world landmasses and graticule meridians in SVG. The Earth spins continuously via a d3.timer that updates the d3.geoOrthographic projection’s rotation, with d3.geoPath rendering the geographic features from TopoJSON world-atlas data. A hover effect darkens countries, while a static color legend lists continents. Zoom and pan are supported through d3.zoom, with the globe group transformed on user input.

Nnouralkhoury

80% match