D3 2.11’s projections will adaptively resample to reduce local distortion of lines. Move the mouse to change the precision, and drag to change the aspect.
Update: Mike has made some awesome improvements!
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<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
body {
font-family: sans-serif;
}
#precision-wrapper {
position: absolute;
top: 5px;
left: 5px;
}
svg {
cursor: move;
}
rect {
fill: none;
}
.graticule {
fill: none;
stroke: #000;
stroke-width: .5px;
}
.graticule:nth-child(2n) {
stroke-dasharray: 2,2;
}
path.resample {
stroke: #f00;
stroke-width: 2.5px;
fill: none;
}
</style>
<p id="precision-wrapper">Precision: <span id="precision">200px</span>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>
var width = 960,
height = 500,
x = d3.scale.linear().domain([0, width]).range([200, 1]),
initial = [-71, 42, 0],
rotate = initial.slice(),
transitioning = false,
velocity = [.010, -.002],
t0 = Date.now();
var projection = d3.geo.equirectangular()
.rotate([0, 30, 0])
.translate([width / 2 - .5, height / 2 - .5])
.scale(150)
.precision(x.range()[0]),
path = d3.geo.path().projection(projection),
graticule = d3.geo.graticule(),
format = d3.format(",.2f"),
precision = d3.select("#precision");
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.datum({x: 0, y: -45})
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height)
.call(d3.behavior.drag()
.origin(function() { return {x: rotate[0], y: -rotate[1]}; })
.on("dragstart", function() { transitioning = true; })
.on("drag", function(d) {
rotate[0] = d3.event.x;
rotate[1] = -d3.event.y;
projection.rotate(rotate);
svg.selectAll(".geometry, .graticule").attr("d", path);
})
.on("dragend", function() {
transitioning = false;
t0 = Date.now();
initial = rotate.slice();
}))
.on("mousemove", function() {
var px = x(d3.mouse(this)[0]);
projection.precision(px);
precision.text(format(px) + "px");
svg.selectAll("path").attr("d", path);
});
svg.append("rect")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height);
svg.append("path")
.attr("class", "resample")
.datum({type: "LineString", coordinates: [[-180, 0], [-90, 0], [0, 0], [90, 0], [180, 0]]})
.attr("d", path);
svg.selectAll(".graticule")
.data(graticule.lines)
.enter().append("path")
.attr("class", "graticule")
.attr("d", path);
d3.timer(function() {
if (transitioning) return;
var t = Date.now() - t0;
rotate[0] = initial[0] + velocity[0] * t;
rotate[1] = initial[1] + velocity[1] * t;
projection.rotate(rotate);
svg.selectAll("path").attr("d", path);
});
</script>
Modified http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js to a secure url
https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js