Mapping the first day of the Blitz bombs with d3.js and Google Maps

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>The first day of the Blitz</title>
    <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no"/>
    <script type="text/javascript"
            src="https://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=true"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript"
            src="https://d3js.org/d3.v2.min.js"></script>
    <style type="text/css">
    html, body, #map {
        width:   100%;
        height:  100%;
        margin:  0;
        padding: 0;
    }

.drops, .drops svg {
        position: absolute;
    }

.drops svg {
        width: 60px;
        height: 20px;
        padding-right: 100px;
        font: 10px sans-serif;
        /* we need rather many text shadows to outline the text in enough contrast */
        text-shadow: 0 0 1px #FFF, 0 0 1px #FFF, 0 0 1px #FFF, 0 0 1px #FFF,
                     0 0 1px #FFF, 0 0 1px #FFF, 0 0 1px #FFF, 0 0 1px #FFF,
                     0 0 1px #FFF, 0 0 1px #FFF, 0 0 1px #FFF, 0 0 1px #FFF,
                     0 0 2px #FFF, 0 0 2px #FFF, 0 0 2px #FFF, 0 0 2px #FFF,
                     0 0 2px #FFF, 0 0 2px #FFF, 0 0 2px #FFF, 0 0 2px #FFF;
    }

.drops circle {
        fill: red;
        stroke: black;
        stroke-width: 1.5px;
    }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map"></div>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      // London...
      var thespot = {"lat": 51.49463582758311, "lon": -0.04628918457023179 }

var minutes = function(t) {
          // transform a time of day string [H]H:MM, i.e. "1:08"
          // in minutes from midnight, i.e. 68.
          reggie = /(\d):(\d{2})/g;
          t = reggie.exec(t);
          return parseInt(t[1]) * 60 + parseInt(t[2])
      };

// the first day of the blitz started after 16:44, the time
      // German airplanes entered British airspance.
      //
      // The data entries should be shifted accordingly and the start of
      // the animation should be minute 1004, the first drop at 16:57 will
      // be 13 minutes later (data[84]) and continue into next day:
      // (24*60*2-m-1004)%24*60

// Create the Google Map
      var map = new google.maps.Map(d3.select("#map").node(), {
          zoom: 12,
          center: new google.maps.LatLng(thespot.lat, thespot.lon),
          mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
      });

// Load the station data. When the data comes back, create an overlay.
      d3.json("drops.json", function(data) {
          var overlay = new google.maps.OverlayView();

// Add the container when the overlay is added to the map.
          overlay.onAdd = function() {
              var layer = d3.select(this.getPanes().overlayLayer).append("div")
                  .attr("class", "drops");

// Draw each marker as a separate SVG element.
              // We could use a single SVG, but what size would it have?
              overlay.draw = function() {
                  var projection = this.getProjection(),
                      padding = 10;

var marker = layer.selectAll("svg")
                      .data(d3.entries(data))
                      .each(transform) // update existing markers
                          .enter().append("svg:svg")
                      .each(transform)
                          .attr("class", "marker");

// Add a circle.
                  marker.append("svg:circle")
                      .attr("r", 4.5)
                      .attr("cx", padding)
                      .attr("cy", padding);

// Add a label.
                  marker.append("svg:text")
                      .attr("x", padding + 7)
                      .attr("y", padding)
                      .attr("dy", ".31em")
                      .text(function(d) { return d.value.time; });

function transform(d) {
                      d = new google.maps.LatLng(d.value.location.lat, d.value.location.lon);
                      d = projection.fromLatLngToDivPixel(d);
                      return d3.select(this)
                          .style("left", (d.x - padding) + "px")
                          .style("top",  (d.y - padding) + "px");
                  }
              };
          };

// Bind our overlay to the map
          overlay.setMap(map);
      });
    </script>
  </body>
</html>