san francisco trees

<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://d3js.org/d3-time-format.v2.min.js"></script>
  <style>
    .axis path,
    .axis line {
      fill: none;
      stroke: #020202;
      shape-rendering: crispEdges;
    }

.axis text {
      font: 10px sans-serif;
    }
    .cells path {
      fill: none;
      pointer-events: all;
    }
    .dropdown {
      position: absolute;
    }
  </style>
</head>

<body>
  <select id="speciesDropdown" class="dropdown"></select>
  <script>
    //global veriables
    var margin = { top: 40, right: 121, bottom: 102, left: 40};
    var width = 960 - margin.left - margin.right;
    var height = 500 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
    var parseDate = d3.timeParse("%d-%b-%y");
    var commonName = 'Carob Tree';
       
    Array.prototype.unique = function() {
      return this.filter(function (value, index, self) { 
        return self.indexOf(value) === index;
      });
    }
    //append svg to body
    var svg = d3.select('body')
     .append('svg')
     .attr('width', width + margin.left + margin.right)
     .attr('height', height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
       
    //append group element to svg
    var g = svg.append("g")
      .attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
     
    //define x-scale
    var x = d3.scaleTime()
      .range([0, width])

//axis generator
    var axis = d3.axisBottom()
      .scale(x)
      .ticks(20);
      
    //load data
    d3.csv("trees.csv", function(error, data) {
      if (error) throw error;
       
      //convert date and numbers strings to numberical
      data.forEach(function(d) {
        d.Planted = parseDate(d.Planted);
        d.NumberofTrees = +d.NumberofTrees;
        d.TreeID = +d.TreeID;
      })
      
      //define domain of x-scale
      x.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.Planted;}));

var species = data.map(function(data) {
          return data.CommonName;
      })
     
      species = species.unique();
      species.sort();

var speciesDropdown = d3.select('#speciesDropdown')
          .on('change',onChange);

var options = speciesDropdown
          .selectAll('option')
          .data(species).enter()
          .append('option')
          .attr('value', function(d, i){return i;})
          .text(function (d) { return d; });       
              
      //call axis
      g.append("g")
        .attr("class", "axis axis--x")
        .attr("transform", "translate(" + [0, height-margin.bottom] + ")")
        .call(axis);
      
      var cells = g.append("g")
        .attr("class", "cells");
      
      function onChange() {

//connects the value of the dropdown to the data
        var selectedOptionValue = speciesDropdown.property('value');        
        selectedOptionValue = species[selectedOptionValue];
        var filteredData = data.filter(function(d) {return d.CommonName === selectedOptionValue});

//simulate
        var simulation = d3.forceSimulation(filteredData)
        .force("x", d3.forceX(function(d) { return x(d.Planted); }).strength(1))
        .force("y", d3.forceY(height / 2))
        .force("collide", d3.forceCollide(4))
        .stop();
        
        //force iterations: tick 120 times
        for (var i = 0; i < 120; ++i) simulation.tick();

cells.selectAll("g").remove();

}

});
             
  </script>
</body>

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