This example shows how to use the d3.hexbin plugin for hexagonal binning. 2,000 random points with a normal distribution are binned into hexagons; color encodes the number of points that fall into each bin. You can also use area encoding. Inspired by earlier work by Zachary Forest Johnson.
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<!DOCTYPE html> | |
<meta charset="utf-8"> | |
<style> | |
.axis text { | |
font: 10px sans-serif; | |
} | |
.axis path, | |
.axis line { | |
fill: none; | |
stroke: #000; | |
shape-rendering: crispEdges; | |
} | |
.hexagon { | |
fill: none; | |
stroke: #000; | |
stroke-width: .5px; | |
} | |
</style> | |
<body> | |
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script> | |
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.hexbin.v0.min.js?5c6e4f0"></script> | |
<script> | |
var margin = {top: 20, right: 20, bottom: 30, left: 40}, | |
width = 960 - margin.left - margin.right, | |
height = 960 - margin.top - margin.bottom; | |
var randomX = d3.random.normal(width / 2, 80), | |
randomY = d3.random.normal(height / 2, 80), | |
points = d3.range(2000).map(function() { return [randomX(), randomY()]; }); | |
var color = d3.scale.linear() | |
.domain([0, 20]) | |
.range(["red", "steelblue"]) | |
.interpolate(d3.interpolateHsl); | |
var hexbin = d3.hexbin() | |
.size([width, height]) | |
.radius(20); | |
var x = d3.scale.identity() | |
.domain([0, width]); | |
var y = d3.scale.linear() | |
.domain([0, height]) | |
.range([height, 0]); | |
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis() | |
.scale(x) | |
.orient("bottom") | |
.tickSize(6, -height); | |
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis() | |
.scale(y) | |
.orient("left") | |
.tickSize(6, -width); | |
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg") | |
.attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right) | |
.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom) | |
.append("g") | |
.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")"); | |
svg.append("clipPath") | |
.attr("id", "clip") | |
.append("rect") | |
.attr("class", "mesh") | |
.attr("width", width) | |
.attr("height", height); | |
svg.append("g") | |
.attr("clip-path", "url(#clip)") | |
.selectAll(".hexagon") | |
.data(hexbin(points)) | |
.enter().append("path") | |
.attr("class", "hexagon") | |
.attr("d", hexbin.hexagon()) | |
.attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + d.x + "," + d.y + ")"; }) | |
.style("fill", function(d) { return color(d.length); }); | |
svg.append("g") | |
.attr("class", "y axis") | |
.call(yAxis); | |
svg.append("g") | |
.attr("class", "x axis") | |
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")") | |
.call(xAxis); | |
</script> |
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