Misplaced line simplification

This shows why line simplification between projection and adaptive resampling is not a good idea.

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

.graticule {
    fill: none;
    stroke: #777;
    stroke-width: 1px;
  }

.graticule:nth-child(1) {
    fill: none;
    stroke-opacity: 0.6;
    stroke: #000;
    stroke-width: 6px;
  }
  .graticule:nth-child(2) {
    fill: none;
    stroke-opacity: 0.6;
    stroke: #00f;
    stroke-width: 6px;
  }
  .graticule:nth-child(3) {
    fill: none;
    stroke-opacity: 0.6;
    stroke: #f00;
    stroke-width: 6px;
  }
  .graticule:nth-child(4) {
    fill: none;
    stroke-opacity: 0.6;
    stroke: #f70;
    stroke-width: 6px;
  }

.spiral {
    fill: none;
    stroke: black;
    stroke-width: 1px;
  }

</style>

var width = 960,
      height = 500;

// Graticule to indicate time of period
  var graticule = d3.geo.graticule()
          .majorStep([90,90])  // Major step indicates 6-hour intervals
          .minorStep([15,0])   // Minor step indicates 1-hour intervals
          .majorExtent([[-180,-70], [180,65]])
          .minorExtent([[-180,-60], [180,55]])

// Spiral function derived from https://www.jasondavies.com/maps/spiral/
  var n = 1e4, dy = 3, rot=50;
  var deadArea = 0.2
  var spiral = d3.range(0+deadArea, 1 + 1 / n - deadArea, 1 / n).map(function(t) {
    return [(360 * rot * t) % 360 - 180, -90 + dy
            - Math.random()
            + (Math.cos(100 * Math.PI * t) - 1) / 2
            + (Math.cos(3 * Math.PI * t) - 1) / 2
            + (90 - dy) * 2 * t];
  });
  var spiralBase = d3.range(1-deadArea, 0+ deadArea, -1 / n).map(function(t) {
    return [(360 * rot * t) % 360 - 180, -90 + (90 - dy ) * 2 * t];
  });

// Interpolating projection from Michael Bostock's https://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/5731632
  function interpolatedProjection(a, b) {
    var projection = d3.geo.projection(raw).scale(1),
        translate = projection.translate,
        α;
    function raw(λ, φ) {
      var pa = a([λ *= 180 / Math.PI, φ *= 180 / Math.PI]), pb = b([λ, φ]);
      return [(1 - α) * pa[0] + α * pb[0], (α - 1) * pa[1] - α * pb[1]];
    }
    projection.alpha = function(_) {
      if (!arguments.length) return α;
      α = +_;
      var ta = a.translate(), tb = b.translate();
      translate([(1 - α) * ta[0] + α * tb[0], (1 - α) * ta[1] + α * tb[1]]);
      return projection;
    };
    delete projection.scale;
    delete projection.translate;
    return projection.alpha(0);
  }

// Projection transforms

function conicCartesianToSpiral(proj, directionForward, features, path) {
    return function(tweenArg) {
      var _ = directionForward?tweenArg:(1-tweenArg);
      proj.parallels([_*89.99, _*89.99]);
      proj.scale((1-_)*(1-_)*110+40);
      proj.translate([width / 2 - .5, height / 2 + Math.sqrt(_)*87])
      features.attr("d", path);
    };
  }

function interpolationSpiralToSphere(proj, directionForward, features, path) {
    return function(tweenArg) {
      var _ = directionForward?tweenArg:(1-tweenArg);
      proj.alpha(_);
      features.attr("d", path);
    };
  }

function ortographicSpin(proj, directionForward, features, path) {
    var originalRotation = proj.rotate();
    return function(tweenArg) {
      var _ = directionForward?tweenArg:(1-tweenArg);
      proj.clipAngle(95);
      proj.rotate([_*360, _*-90, _*-90]);
      features.attr("d", path);
    };
  }

// Showreel with projection/transform pairs
  // Items are out of order so one projection can refer to another (e.g. next one)

showReel = []
  showReel[0] = {
    projection: d3.geo.conicConformal().parallels([0,0]).scale(150).translate([width / 2, height / 2 ]),
    transform:  lineSimplification
  };
  showReel[1] = {
    projection: showReel[0].projection,
    transform:  conicCartesianToSpiral
  };
  showReel[3] = {
    projection: d3.geo.orthographic().rotate([0,0,0]).scale(250).translate([width / 2 , height / 2 ]),
    transform:  ortographicSpin
  };
  showReel[2] = {
    projection: interpolatedProjection(showReel[1].projection, showReel[3].projection),
    transform:  interpolationSpiralToSphere
  };
  showReel[4] = {
    projection: showReel[3].projection,
    transform:  lineSimplification
  };

// Animation and initial output

function animate(index, directionForward) {
    var delta = directionForward?1:-1,
        nextIndex = Math.min(Math.max(index+delta,0), showReel.length-1),
        nextDirectionForward = nextIndex===index+delta?directionForward:!directionForward,
        keyframe = showReel[index],
        path = d3.geo.path().projection(keyframe.projection),
        features = render(path);
    svg.transition()
       .duration(2000)
       .tween("projection", function() {
              return keyframe.transform(keyframe.projection, directionForward, features, path);
            })
       .transition()
       .duration(0)
       .each('end', animate.bind(this, nextIndex, nextDirectionForward));
  }

var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
          .attr("width", width)
          .attr("height", height),
      simplificationFactor = 0;

function render(path) {
    svg.selectAll(".graticule")
            .data(graticule.lines)
            .enter().append("path")
            .attr("class", "graticule")
            .attr("d", path);
    svg.selectAll(".spiral")
            .data([{type: "MultiLineString", coordinates: [spiral]}])
            .enter().append("path")
            .attr("class", "spiral")
            .attr("d", path);
    return svg.selectAll("path");
  }

animate(0, true);

</script>

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

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

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

https://d3js.org/d3.geo.projection.v0.min.js