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Orthographic Grid
license: gpl-3.0
redirect: https://observablehq.com/@d3/orthographic-shading

The above grid demonstrates an orthographic azimuthal projection. The lines are at uniform 10º increments of latitude and longitude.

Part 1 of 3.

  1. Orthographic Grid
  2. Orthographic Clipping
  3. Orthographic Shading
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
circle,
path {
fill: none;
stroke: #333;
}
circle {
stroke-width: 2px;
}
</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>
var width = 960,
height = 500;
var rotate = [-71.03, 42.37],
velocity = [.018, .006];
var projection = d3.geo.orthographic()
.scale(240);
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);
var feature = svg.append("path")
.datum(graticule);
svg.append("circle")
.attr("cx", width / 2)
.attr("cy", height / 2)
.attr("r", 240);
d3.timer(function(elapsed) {
projection.rotate([rotate[0] + elapsed * velocity[0], rotate[1] + elapsed * velocity[1]]);
feature.attr("d", path);
});
</script>
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