testing dragging and combining of tracts

<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <style>
  .counties :hover {
  fill: red;
}

.county-borders {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #fff;
  stroke-width: 0.5px;
  stroke-linejoin: round;
  stroke-linecap: round;
  pointer-events: none;
}
    /* This style is used when dragging the dot */
.active {
  stroke: #000;
  stroke-width: 2px;
}
path {
  fill: #555555;
  stroke: #aaaaaa;
}
  </style>
  
  <body>
  <script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
  <script src ="https://d3js.org/topojson.v2.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://d3js.org/d3-scale-chromatic.v1.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    
    var width = 960, height = 500;
    
    
    var svg = d3.select('body').append('svg')
    .attr('width', width)
    .attr('height', height)
    
    var threshold = d3.scaleThreshold()
    .domain([1, 10, 20, 200, 800, 2000, 5000, 10000])
   .range(d3.schemeOrRd[9]);
    
    
   d3.queue()
   .defer(d3.json, 'https://umbcvis.github.io/classes/class-12/tracts.json')
   .defer(d3.json, 'https://umbcvis.github.io/classes/class-12/population.json')
   .await(ready);
    
    var projection = d3.geoConicConformal()
    .parallels([38 + 18 / 60, 39 + 27 / 60])
    .rotate([77, -37 -40 / 60]);
            
             var path = d3.geoPath()
             .projection(projection);
    
    function ready(error, json, population) {
      if (error) throw error;
  // Convert topojson to GeoJSON    
      geojson = topojson.feature(json, json.objects.tracts);
      tracts = geojson.features;
      
     // Set the projection's scale and translate based on the GeoJSON         
             projection.fitSize([960, 500], geojson);

// 1. NEW: Define an array with Rockville MD longitude & latitude
var Rockville = [-77.1528, 39.0840]; 
      
            
      // 2. NEW: Add an HTML <div> element that will function as the tooltip
var tooltip = d3.select('body').append('div')
    .attr('class', 'tooltip')
    .text('Hello, world!')

// 3. NEW: Add a draggable circle to the map
  // See: https://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/22994cc97fefaeede0d861e6815a847e)

function addLegend() {

var formatNumber = d3.format("d");

var x = d3.scalePow().exponent('.15')
      .domain([1, 80000])
      .range([0, 300]);

var xAxis = d3.axisBottom(x)
      .tickSize(13)
      .tickValues(threshold.domain())
      .tickFormat(formatNumber)

var g = svg.append("g")
      .attr('transform', 'translate(100, 200)')
      .call(xAxis);

g.select(".domain")
      .remove();

g.selectAll("rect")
    .data(threshold.range().map(function(color) {
      var d = threshold.invertExtent(color);
      if (d[0] == null) d[0] = x.domain()[0];
      if (d[1] == null) d[1] = x.domain()[1];
      return d;
    }))
    .enter().insert("rect", ".tick")
      .attr("height", 8)
      .attr("x", function(d) { return x(d[0]); })
      .attr("width", function(d) { return x(d[1]) - x(d[0]); })
      .attr("fill", function(d) { return threshold(d[0]); });

g.append("text")
      .attr("fill", "#000")
      .attr("font-weight", "bold")
      .attr("text-anchor", "start")
      .attr("y", -6)
      .text("Population per square mile");
} 
  </script>

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