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This done with svg /mbostock/6242308 using this technique /mbostock/2374239

<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>FUN</title>
<style>
.graticule {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #777;
  stroke-opacity: .5;
}

.boundary {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #fff;
}

.overlay {
  fill: none;
  pointer-events: all;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://d3js.org/topojson.v1.min.js"></script>
<script>
  var margin = {top: 0, right: 0, bottom: 0, left: 0};
  var width = 960;
  var height = 500;

var sf = [-122.417, 37.775],
      ny = [-74.0064, 40.7142],
      hk = [114.1589, 22.2783];

var scale = (width + 1) / 2 / Math.PI;

var projection = d3.geo.mercator()
    .translate([0, 0])
    .scale(scale)
    .precision(0.1);

var graticule = d3.geo.graticule();

var path = d3.geo.path();

var zoom = d3.behavior.zoom()
    .translate([0, 0])
    .scale(1)
    .scaleExtent([1, 8])
    .on("zoom", zoomed);

var svg = d3.select('body').append('svg')
    .attr('width', width)
    .attr('height', height)
    .attr('class', 'world');

var features = svg.append('g').attr('class', features);

projection.translate([width/2, height/2]).scale(scale);
  path.projection(projection);

features.append("path")
    .datum(graticule)
    .attr("class", "graticule")
    .style('stroke-width', 0.5 + 'px')
    .attr("d", path);

var countries = features.insert('g', '.graticule')
    .attr('class', 'countries');

var points = features.insert('g', '.graticule')
    .attr('class', 'points');

d3.json('world.json', function(err, data) {

countries.selectAll('.country')
      .data(topojson.feature(topojson.presimplify(data), data.objects.countries).features)
    .enter().append('path')
      .attr('class', 'country')
      .attr('d', path)
    .append('title')
      .text(function(d) { return d.properties.name; });

features.insert("path", ".graticule")
      .datum(topojson.mesh(topojson.presimplify(data), data.objects.countries, function(a, b) { return a !== b; }))
      .attr("class", "boundary")
      .style('stroke-width', 1.0)
      .attr("d", path);

svg.append("rect")
      .attr("class", "overlay")
      .attr("width", width)
      .attr("height", height)
      .call(zoomTo(hk, 4).event)
    .transition()
      // .duration(60 * 1000 / 89 * 2)
      .duration(5000)
      .each(jump);
  });

function zoomed() {
    features.attr("transform", "translate(" + d3.event.translate + ")scale(" + d3.event.scale + ")");
    features.select('.graticule').style('stroke-width', 0.5 / d3.event.scale + "px");
    features.select('.boundary').style('stroke-width', 1.0 / d3.event.scale + "px");
  }

function zoomTo(location, scale) {
    var point = projection(location);
    return zoom
      .translate([width / 2 - point[0] * scale, height / 2 - point[1] * scale])
      .scale(scale);
  }

function jump() {
    var t = d3.select(this);
    (function repeat() {
      t = t.transition()
          .call(zoomTo(ny, 4).event)
        .transition()
          .call(zoomTo(sf, 4).event)
          .each("end", repeat);
    })();
  }

</script>

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

Modified http://d3js.org/topojson.v1.min.js to a secure url

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

https://d3js.org/topojson.v1.min.js