Pseudo-Demers Cartogram

This is not a true Demers cartogram; it lacks links between adjacent features. Instead of trying to preserve connectedness, this pseudo-cartogram tries to preserve locality, putting each square as close as possible to its origin without overlapping.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Demers Cartogram</title>
<style>

rect {
  fill: #eee;
  stroke: #000;
  stroke-width: 1.5px;
}

</style>
<svg width="960" height="500"></svg>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
<script>

// Ratio of Obese (BMI >= 30) in U.S. Adults, CDC 2008
var valueById = [
    NaN, 0.187, 0.198,   NaN, 0.133, 0.175, 0.151,   NaN, 0.100, 0.125,
  0.171,   NaN, 0.172, 0.133,   NaN, 0.108, 0.142, 0.167, 0.201, 0.175,
  0.159, 0.169, 0.177, 0.141, 0.163, 0.117, 0.182, 0.153, 0.195, 0.189,
  0.134, 0.163, 0.133, 0.151, 0.145, 0.130, 0.139, 0.169, 0.164, 0.175,
  0.135, 0.152, 0.169,   NaN, 0.132, 0.167, 0.139, 0.184, 0.159, 0.140,
  0.146, 0.157,   NaN, 0.139, 0.183, 0.160, 0.143
];

var svg = d3.select("svg"),
    margin = {top: 0, right: 0, bottom: 0, left: 0},
    width = svg.attr("width") - margin.left - margin.right,
    height = svg.attr("height") - margin.top - margin.bottom,
    padding = 3;

var projection = d3.geoAlbersUsa();

var radius = d3.scaleSqrt()
    .domain([0, d3.max(valueById)])
    .range([0, 30]);

d3.json("us-state-centroids.json", function(error, states) {
  if (error) throw error;

var simulation = d3.forceSimulation()
      .force("x", d3.forceX(function(d) { return d.x0; }))
      .force("y", d3.forceY(function(d) { return d.y0; }))
      .force("collide", collide)
      .nodes(nodes)
      .on("tick", tick);

var node = svg.selectAll("rect")
    .data(nodes)
    .enter().append("rect")
      .attr("width", function(d) { return d.r * 2; })
      .attr("height", function(d) { return d.r * 2; });

function tick(e) {
    node.attr("x", function(d) { return d.x - d.r; })
        .attr("y", function(d) { return d.y - d.r; });
  }

</script>

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