Rotated hexbin

A version of Mike Bostock’s hexbin example, modified to use hexagons rotated by 90°. Aside from rotating the hexagon primitives, the only other change is to swap the meaning of x and y, for all inputs and outputs of the plugin.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>

.hexagon {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #000;
  stroke-width: .5px;
}

</style>
<body>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.hexbin.v0.min.js"></script>
<script>

var width = 960,
    height = 500,
    i = -1,
    θ = 0,
    δθ = .03,
    n = 2000,
    k = 20; // samples to replace per frame

var randomX = d3.random.normal(width / 2, 80),
    randomY = d3.random.normal(height / 2, 80),
    points = d3.range(n).map(function() { return [randomY(), randomX()]; });

var color = d3.scale.linear()
    .domain([0, 20])
    .range(["white", "steelblue"])
    .interpolate(d3.interpolateLab);

var hexbin = d3.hexbin()
    .size([height, width])
    .radius(20);

var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
    .attr("width", width)
    .attr("height", height);

var hexagon = svg.append("g")
    .attr("class", "hexagons")
  .selectAll("path")
    .data(hexbin(points))
  .enter().append("path")
    .attr("d", hexbin.hexagon(19.5))
    .attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + d.y + "," + d.x + ")rotate(90)"; })
    .style("fill", function(d) { return color(d.length); });

d3.timer(function() {
  θ += δθ;
  randomX = d3.random.normal(width / 2 + 80 * Math.cos(θ), 80),
  randomY = d3.random.normal(height / 2 + 80 * Math.sin(θ), 80);

for (var j = 0; j < k; ++j) {
    i = (i + 1) % n;
    points[i][0] = randomY();
    points[i][1] = randomX();
  }

hexagon = hexagon
      .data(hexbin(points), function(d) { return d.i + "," + d.j; });

hexagon.exit().remove();

hexagon.enter().append("path")
      .attr("d", hexbin.hexagon(19.5))
      .attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + d.y + "," + d.x + ")rotate(90)"; });

hexagon
      .style("fill", function(d) { return color(d.length); });
});

</script>

Modified http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js to a secure url

Modified http://d3js.org/d3.hexbin.v0.min.js to a secure url

https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js

https://d3js.org/d3.hexbin.v0.min.js