Rotating Transverse

A rotating Cassini projection (transverse equirectangular) on the left; a rotating transverse Mercator projection on the right.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script src="//d3js.org/topojson.v1.min.js"></script>
<script>

var width = 960,
    height = 580,
    velocity = .003,
    time = Date.now();

var position = d3.scale.ordinal()
    .domain([0, 1])
    .rangePoints([0, width * .87], .8);

var projections = [
  d3.geo.equirectangular()
      .scale(85)
      .translate([position(0), height / 2])
      .precision(.3),
  d3.geo.mercator()
      .scale(85)
      .translate([position(1), height / 2])
      .precision(.3)
];

var sphere = {type: "Sphere"},
    graticule = d3.geo.graticule()();

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

var context = canvas.node().getContext("2d");

context.strokeStyle = "#aaa";

var path = d3.geo.path()
    .context(context);

d3.json("/../../data/world-110m.json", function(error, world) {
  if (error) throw error;

var land = topojson.feature(world, world.objects.land);

d3.timer(function() {
    var dt = Date.now() - time;
    projections[0].rotate([velocity * dt, 0, 90]);
    projections[1].rotate([velocity * dt, 0, 90]);
    render();
  });

function render() {
    context.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
    projections.forEach(function(projection) {
      var translate = projection.translate();
      context.save();
      context.translate(translate[0], translate[1]);
      context.rotate(Math.PI / 2);
      context.translate(-translate[0], -translate[1]);

path.projection(projection);

context.beginPath();
      path(sphere);
      context.stroke();

context.beginPath();
      path(graticule);
      context.stroke();

context.beginPath();
      path(land);
      context.fill();

context.restore();
    });
  }
});

d3.select(self.frameElement).style("height", height + "px");

</script>

Changed /mbostock/raw/4090846/world-110m.json to a local referenece

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

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