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Adaptive Resampling in D3.js

79 points by shashashasha 14y ago

mbostock 14y ago
Since it's not clear from the link, I'll clarify that this refers to resampling for map (cartographic) projections. For more on our recent work on extended projections, see the geo/projections plugin: https://github.com/d3/d3-plugins/tree/master/geo/projection https://github.com/d3/d3-plugins/tree/master/geo/projection And more cool mapping demos here: http://bl.ocks.org/jasondavies http://bl.ocks.org/jasondavies http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock
- sudonim 14y ago
  Mike, thanks for all the work you and others do on D3. This week, I attended the first meeting of the D3.js meetup here in NYC http://www.meetup.com/NYC-D3-JS/ http://www.meetup.com/NYC-D3-JS/ . If you're ever on this coast, I know there are at least 190 other people who appreciate the work you do and would love to see you present on it.
- ninetax 14y ago
  I spent a good portion of my internship last summer working with d3 at Splunk, just wanted to say thanks for the cool framework. I love the "data", "enter", and "exit" calls, it's a really great way of thinking about data binding. I'd like to try to incorporate it into something other than svg/canvas visualizations too, maybe just a normal web app or something, do you know of people using it like that? Thanks, again!
  - osi 14y ago
    It works great to build tables and tree's of div tags. Its node manipulation aspect is awesome.
  - mbostock 14y ago
    Thanks! Yeah, you can definitely use D3 outside of data visualization; the data-join pattern is useful whenever you want to generate a DOM from data and keep the DOM up-to-date as data changes. D3 also provides custom event dispatching for loosely-coupled components: https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Internals#wiki-d3_dispatch https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Internals#wiki-d3_dispat... That said, there are higher-level abstractions (e.g., Backbone and Ember) that are explicitly designed for this purpose, and provide useful ways of structuring big applications into separable components. Depending on the size of the application you're trying to build, you might find those useful as well, perhaps in addition to D3.
Bjoern 14y ago
Does not work on Firefox 10.0.7 unfortunately.
- natmaster 14y ago
  Is there a reason you're using a horribly out of date browser?
  - rodion_89 14y ago
    According to Wikipedia, that version was released last month. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox#section_6 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox#section_6
    - ianstormtaylor 14y ago
      Anyone know what's up with that? Why'd they release a 10.0.7 if they are on a fast dev cycle?
      - agildehaus 14y ago
        Mozilla has "Extended Service Release" versions of Firefox which receive updates for major security issues. v10 is the current (v17 upcoming). Organizations are expected to migrate over quickly once a new ESR is available. http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/ http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/
  - Bjoern 14y ago
    Its from Gentoo stable. Does it work for newer Firefox?
    - Narretz 14y ago
      No, 15.0.1, and nothing drawn :(
- willvarfar 14y ago

79 points by shashashasha 14y ago

Since it's not clear from the link, I'll clarify that this refers to resampling for map (cartographic) projections. For more on our recent work on extended projections, see the geo/projections plugin: https://github.com/d3/d3-plugins/tree/master/geo/projection https://github.com/d3/d3-plugins/tree/master/geo/projection And more cool mapping demos here: http://bl.ocks.org/jasondavies http://bl.ocks.org/jasondavies http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock

sudonim 14y ago
Mike, thanks for all the work you and others do on D3. This week, I attended the first meeting of the D3.js meetup here in NYC http://www.meetup.com/NYC-D3-JS/ http://www.meetup.com/NYC-D3-JS/ . If you're ever on this coast, I know there are at least 190 other people who appreciate the work you do and would love to see you present on it.
ninetax 14y ago
I spent a good portion of my internship last summer working with d3 at Splunk, just wanted to say thanks for the cool framework. I love the "data", "enter", and "exit" calls, it's a really great way of thinking about data binding. I'd like to try to incorporate it into something other than svg/canvas visualizations too, maybe just a normal web app or something, do you know of people using it like that? Thanks, again!
- osi 14y ago
  It works great to build tables and tree's of div tags. Its node manipulation aspect is awesome.
- mbostock 14y ago
  Thanks! Yeah, you can definitely use D3 outside of data visualization; the data-join pattern is useful whenever you want to generate a DOM from data and keep the DOM up-to-date as data changes. D3 also provides custom event dispatching for loosely-coupled components: https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Internals#wiki-d3_dispatch https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Internals#wiki-d3_dispat... That said, there are higher-level abstractions (e.g., Backbone and Ember) that are explicitly designed for this purpose, and provide useful ways of structuring big applications into separable components. Depending on the size of the application you're trying to build, you might find those useful as well, perhaps in addition to D3.

Bjoern 14y ago

Does not work on Firefox 10.0.7 unfortunately.

natmaster 14y ago
Is there a reason you're using a horribly out of date browser?
- rodion_89 14y ago
  According to Wikipedia, that version was released last month. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox#section_6 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox#section_6
  - ianstormtaylor 14y ago
    Anyone know what's up with that? Why'd they release a 10.0.7 if they are on a fast dev cycle?
    - agildehaus 14y ago
      Mozilla has "Extended Service Release" versions of Firefox which receive updates for major security issues. v10 is the current (v17 upcoming). Organizations are expected to migrate over quickly once a new ESR is available. http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/ http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/
- Bjoern 14y ago
  Its from Gentoo stable. Does it work for newer Firefox?
  - Narretz 14y ago
    No, 15.0.1, and nothing drawn :(
willvarfar 14y ago