Block showing how to place text on topojson lines in d3.js v4. Built off of one of Mike Bostock's blocks on displaying arcs (Snowden's Route I think). Whitehorse, in the Yukon, Canada, is shown on the map with the small circle.
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<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
.graticule {
fill: none;
stroke: #ddd;
stroke-width: 0.5px;
stroke-opacity: 0.5;
}
.land {
fill: #a8ddb5;
}
.boundary {
fill: none;
stroke: #fff;
stroke-width: 0.5px;
}
.buffer-text {
font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial;
color: #777;
}
.circle {
fill: white;
stroke: #0868ac;
stroke-width: 2;
}
.buffer {
fill:none;
stroke-width: 1;
stroke: #bbb;
}
</style>
<body>
<svg width="960" height="500"></svg>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3-geo-projection.v1.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://d3js.org/topojson.v1.min.js"></script>
<script>
var points = {
Whitehorse: [-135.1,60.7]
};
var svg = d3.select("svg"),
width = +svg.attr("width"),
height = +svg.attr("height");
var projection = d3.geoKavrayskiy7()
.scale(170)
.rotate([-10, 0])
.translate([width / 2, height / 2])
.precision(.1);
/*
// Alternatively:
var projection = d3.geoMercator().scale(100)
;
*/
var path = d3.geoPath()
.projection(projection);
var g1 = svg.append("g");
var g2 = svg.append("g");
var g3 = svg.append("g");
// Add globe outline and graticule
g1.append("path")
.datum({type: "Sphere"})
.attr("class", "sphere")
.attr("d", path)
.attr("fill", "#43a2ca")
.attr("stroke", "black");
g1.append("path")
.datum(d3.geoGraticule())
.attr("class", "graticule")
.attr("d", path);
// Add world map
d3.json("world-50m.json", function(error, world) {
if (error) throw error;
g2.insert("path", ".land")
.datum(topojson.feature(world, world.objects.land))
.attr("class", "land")
.attr("d", path);
g2.insert("path", ".boundary")
.datum(topojson.mesh(world, world.objects.countries, function(a, b) { return a !== b; }))
.attr("class", "boundary")
.attr("d", path);
var point = g2.append("g")
.attr("class", "points")
.selectAll("g")
.data(d3.entries(points))
.enter().append("g")
.attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + projection(d.value) + ")"; });
point.append("circle")
.attr("r", 5)
.attr("class","circle")
;
});
// Add the buffer:
d3.json("buffer.json", function(error, buffer) {
// Add the buffer lines
g3.selectAll("path")
.data(topojson.feature(buffer, buffer.objects.buffer).features)
.enter().append("path")
.attr("d", path)
.attr("class", "buffer")
.attr("id",function(d) { return "b" + d.properties.Distance; });
// Add the buffer text
g3.selectAll(".buffer-text")
.data(topojson.feature(buffer, buffer.objects.buffer).features)
.enter()
.append("text")
.attr("class","buffer-text")
.append("textPath")
.attr("xlink:href", function(d) { return "#b" + d.properties.Distance; })
.text(function(d) { return d.properties.Distance/1000 + ",000 km from Whitehorse"; })
.attr("startOffset", "50%")
.style("text-anchor","middle");
})
</script>
https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js
https://d3js.org/d3-geo-projection.v1.min.js
https://d3js.org/topojson.v1.min.js