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BBC One

Just your BBC spinny globe, circa 1985. (TODO: add reversed antipodes as bg layer.)

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>BBC One Globe. husk.org.</title>
<body>
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://d3js.org/topojson.v1.min.js"></script>
<script>
var width = 960,
height = 500,
velocity = .01,
then = Date.now();
var projection = d3.geo.orthographic()
.scale(250)
.translate([width / 2, height / 2])
.clipAngle(90);
var canvas = d3.select("body").append("canvas")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height);
var c = canvas.node().getContext('2d');
var path = d3.geo.path()
.projection(projection)
.context(c);
d3.json("/d/5879060/world-110m.json", function(error, world) {
var land = topojson.feature(world, world.objects.land),
globe = {type: "Sphere"};
d3.timer(function() {
var angle = velocity * (Date.now() - then);
var rotate = [0, 0, 0];
rotate[0] = angle, projection.rotate(rotate);
c.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
c.fillStyle = 'rgba(0,0,102,1)',
c.beginPath(),
path(globe),
c.fill(),
c.stroke();
c.fillStyle = 'rgba(0,204,0,.75)',
c.beginPath(),
path(land),
c.fill();
});
});
</script>
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