function makeSomeMaps() {

var map = d3.carto.map();
d3.select('#map')
  .call(map);

  map.mode('globe');




var projection = d3.geo.gnomonic()
   .clipAngle(90 - 1e-3)
    .scale(150)
.translate(map.zoom().translate())
.precision(.1);

map.projection(projection);




// adding the geojon country layer
countryLayer = d3.carto.layer.geojson();
  countryLayer
  .path("/mpmckenna8/raw/f6245adc7a3cd3930a11/world.geojson")
  .label("Countries")
  .cssClass("countryborders")
  .renderMode("svg")
  .on('load', drawgrat);


map.addCartoLayer(countryLayer);






//  var mapsvg =;



d3.select("#map").append("button").attr("class", "reproject").html("projection mode").on("click", reproject);

d3.select("#map").append("button").attr("class", "reprojectshp").html("Globe mode").on("click", sphereit);

d3.select("#map").append("button").attr("class", "addGr").html("Transform mode").on("click", tranmo);


function reproject(){


var projection = d3.geo.conicEquidistant()
.center([0, 0])
.scale(3)
.translate(map.zoom().translate())
.precision(.1);

map.projection(projection);


map.mode('projection');


map.refresh();

};

// this is the funciton getting called by the sphere thing
function sphereit(){
map.mode('globe');
map.refresh;

};

// big list of d3.geo projections from http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/3711652
var options = [
{name: "Select a projection Gnomonic def"},
{name: "Aitoff", projection: d3.geo.aitoff()},
{name: "Albers", projection: d3.geo.albers().scale(145).parallels([20, 50])},
{name: "August", projection: d3.geo.august().scale(60)},
{name: "Baker", projection: d3.geo.baker().scale(100)},
{name: "Boggs", projection: d3.geo.boggs()},
{name: "Bonne", projection: d3.geo.bonne().scale(120)},
{name: "Bromley", projection: d3.geo.bromley()},
{name: "Collignon", projection: d3.geo.collignon().scale(93)},
{name: "Craster Parabolic", projection: d3.geo.craster()},
{name: "Eckert I", projection: d3.geo.eckert1().scale(165)},
{name: "Eckert II", projection: d3.geo.eckert2().scale(165)},
{name: "Eckert III", projection: d3.geo.eckert3().scale(180)},
{name: "Eckert IV", projection: d3.geo.eckert4().scale(180)},
{name: "Eckert V", projection: d3.geo.eckert5().scale(170)},
{name: "Eckert VI", projection: d3.geo.eckert6().scale(170)},
{name: "Eisenlohr", projection: d3.geo.eisenlohr().scale(60)},
{name: "Equirectangular (Plate Carrée)", projection: d3.geo.equirectangular()},
{name: "Hammer", projection: d3.geo.hammer().scale(165)},
{name: "Hill", projection: d3.geo.hill()},
{name: "Goode Homolosine", projection: d3.geo.homolosine()},
{name: "Kavrayskiy VII", projection: d3.geo.kavrayskiy7()},
{name: "Lambert cylindrical equal-area", projection: d3.geo.cylindricalEqualArea()},
{name: "Lagrange", projection: d3.geo.lagrange().scale(120)},
{name: "Larrivée", projection: d3.geo.larrivee().scale(95)},
{name: "Laskowski", projection: d3.geo.laskowski().scale(120)},
{name: "Loximuthal", projection: d3.geo.loximuthal()},
// {name: "Mercator", projection: d3.geo.mercator().scale(490 / 2 / Math.PI)},
{name: "Miller", projection: d3.geo.miller().scale(100)},
{name: "McBryde–Thomas Flat-Polar Parabolic", projection: d3.geo.mtFlatPolarParabolic()},
{name: "McBryde–Thomas Flat-Polar Quartic", projection: d3.geo.mtFlatPolarQuartic()},
{name: "McBryde–Thomas Flat-Polar Sinusoidal", projection: d3.geo.mtFlatPolarSinusoidal()},
{name: "Mollweide", projection: d3.geo.mollweide().scale(165)},
{name: "Natural Earth", projection: d3.geo.naturalEarth()},
{name: "Nell–Hammer", projection: d3.geo.nellHammer()},
{name: "Polyconic", projection: d3.geo.polyconic().scale(100)},
{name: "Robinson", projection: d3.geo.robinson()},
{name: "Sinusoidal", projection: d3.geo.sinusoidal()},
{name: "Sinu-Mollweide", projection: d3.geo.sinuMollweide()},
{name: "van der Grinten", projection: d3.geo.vanDerGrinten().scale(75)},
{name: "van der Grinten IV", projection: d3.geo.vanDerGrinten4().scale(120)},
{name: "Wagner IV", projection: d3.geo.wagner4()},
{name: "Wagner VI", projection: d3.geo.wagner6()},
{name: "Wagner VII", projection: d3.geo.wagner7()},
{name: "Winkel Tripel", projection: d3.geo.winkel3()}
];

var menu = d3.select("#projection-menu")
  .on("change", change);

menu.selectAll("option")
  .data(options)
.enter().append("option")
  .text(function(d) { return d.name; });


function change(){
  console.log(options[this.selectedIndex].projection);


  var projector = options[this.selectedIndex].projection;

    var projection = projector
    .center([0, 0])
    .scale(100)
  //  .translate(map.zoom().translate())
    .precision(.1);

    map.projection(projection);


map.refresh();


}

function drawgrat(){

var g = d3.select('g.features');

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

var graticule = d3.geo.graticule();


g.append('path')
.datum(graticule)
.attr("class", function(d){
console.log(d);
return 'grat'})
.attr('d', path)
.attr('fill', 'none')
.attr('stroke', 0);

map.refresh();
}


// probably the boringest map mode, can't reproject
function tranmo(){
  map.mode('transform');
  map.refresh;
}

};