Great Arc

A simple example drawing a great arc as a LineString. The projection is rotated to avoid interrupting the arc. See also an earlier example with multiple great arcs.

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

.graticule {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #777;
  stroke-width: .5px;
  stroke-opacity: .5;
}

.land {
  fill: #bbb;
}

.arc {
  fill: none;
  stroke: red;
  stroke-width: 3px;
  stroke-linecap: round;
}

.boundary {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #fff;
  stroke-width: .5px;
  stroke-linejoin: round;
  stroke-linecap: round;
}

</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script src="//d3js.org/topojson.v1.min.js"></script>
<script>

var width = 960,
    height = 480;

var projection = d3.geo.equirectangular()
    .scale(153)
    .rotate([160, 0])
    .translate([width / 2, height / 2])
    .precision(.1);

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

var graticule = d3.geo.graticule();

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

svg.append("path")
    .datum(graticule)
    .attr("class", "graticule")
    .attr("d", path);

svg.append("path")
    .datum({type: "LineString", coordinates: [[-77.05, 38.91], [116.35, 39.91]]})
    .attr("class", "arc")
    .attr("d", path);

d3.json("/../../data/world-50m.json", function(error, world) {
  if (error) throw error;

svg.insert("path", ".graticule")
      .datum(topojson.feature(world, world.objects.land))
      .attr("class", "land")
      .attr("d", path);

svg.insert("path", ".graticule")
      .datum(topojson.mesh(world, world.objects.countries, function(a, b) { return a !== b; }))
      .attr("class", "boundary")
      .attr("d", path);
});

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

</script>

Changed /mbostock/raw/4090846/world-50m.json to a local referenece

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

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