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drawing points on a map with canvas

This is basically the same as my last block, except the circles are drawn using canvas instead of SVG. Helpful method for large datasets, to avoid performance issues. The data binding method here comes from this great article by Irene Ros.

num x y name genus species img
1 40.692222 -73.975278 Ginkgo Ginkgo biloba ginkgo.png
2 40.6925 -73.975278 Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra northernredoak.png
3 40.692222 -73.975833 Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia blacklocust.png
4 40.692222 -73.975833 Japanese Zelkova Zelkova serrata zelkova.png
5 40.692222 -73.975833 Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos honeylocust.png
6 Hackberry Celtis occidentalis hackberry.png
7 40.691389 -73.978611 Mulberry Morus mulberry.png
8 Callery Pear Pyrus calleryana callerypear.png
9 London Plane Platanus acerfolia londonplane.png
10 Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum horsechestnut.png
11 Norway Maple Acer platanoides norwaymaple.png
12 Black Pine Pinus thunbergii blackpine.png
13 Silver Linden Tilia tomentosa silverlinden.png
14 Japanese Pagoda Sophora japonica japanesepagoda.png
15 American Elm Ulmus americana americanelm.png
16 American Linden Tilia americana americanlinden.png
17 Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila siberianelm.png
18 Tulip Tree Liriodendron tulipifera tuliptree.png
19 40.691111 -73.975 Goldenrain Tree Koelreuteria paniculata goldenrain.png
20 40.690278 -73.976389 White Ash Fraxinus americana whiteash.png
21 40.690556 -73.976667 Amur Cork Tree Phellodendron amurense amurcork.png
22 40.690556 -73.976667 Black Cherry Prunus serotina blackcherry.png
23 Green Ash Faxinus pennsylvanica greenash.png
24 Crabapple Malus crabapple.png
25 Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana hornbeam.png
26 Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa buroak.png
27 40.689925 -73.975048 Osage Orange Maclura pomifera osageorange.png
28 40.68999 -73.974882 Pin Oak Quercus palustris pinoak.png
29 40.690039 -73.974758 Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus easternwhitepine.png
30 Sycamore Maple Acer pseudoplatanus sycamoremaple.png
31 Himalayan Pine Pinus wallichiana himalayanpine.png
32 40.689722 -73.973611 Magnolia Magnolia magnolia.png
33 40.689722 -73.973611 Sugar Maple Acer saccharum sugarmaple.png
34 40.690278 -73.973611 European Beech Fagus sylvatica europeanbeech.png
35 40.690278 -73.973889 English Elm Ulmus minor englishelm.png
36 Ornamental Cherry Prunus serrulata ornamentalcherry.png
37 Red Bud Cercis canadensis redbud.png
38 Copper Beach Fagus sylvatica copperbeech.png
39 Willow Oak Quercus phellos willowoak.png
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title>A D3 Map, points plotted with canvas instead of SVG</title>
<style>
body {
margin: 0;
}
#container {
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
z-index: 0;
}
#map{
width:100%;
height:100%;
}
#points{
width:100%;
height:100%;
position:relative;
z-index:100;
}
.layer{
position:absolute;
z-index:-10;
}
.tile {
pointer-events: none;
position: absolute;
width: 256px;
height: 256px;
}
.info {
position: absolute;
bottom: 0px;
left: 0px;
padding: 20px;
background: #000;
color: #fff;
width: 100%;
height: 18px;
z-index: 1000;
font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size:16px;
}
.credit{
position:absolute;
bottom: 0px;
right: 0px;
padding: 9px 20px;
color:#fff;
font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size:13px;
z-index: 1000;
}
.credit a{
text-decoration:none;
color:#ddd;
}
</style>
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.geo.tile.v0.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div class="layer"></div>
<div id="map">
<canvas>
<div id="points"></div>
</canvas>
</div>
<div class="credit"><p>Data &copy; <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright">OpenStreetMap</a> Tiles &copy; <a href="http://cartodb.com/attributions">CartoDB</a></p></div>
</div>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* global variables and initial canvas space set up*/
width = Math.max(960, window.innerWidth),
height = Math.max(500, window.innerHeight),
prefix = prefixMatch(["webkit", "ms", "Moz", "O"]);
d3.csv("ftgreenetrees.csv", function(error, dataset) { createMap(dataset) });
var tile = d3.geo.tile()
.size([width, height]);
var projection = d3.geo.mercator()
.scale((1 << 24) / 2 / Math.PI)
.translate([-width / 2, -height / 2]); // just temporary
var zoom = d3.behavior.zoom()
.scale(projection.scale() * 2 * Math.PI)
.scaleExtent([1 << 9, 1 << 25])
.translate(projection([-73.975536, 40.691674]).map(function(x) { return -x; }))
.on("zoom", zoomed);
var container = d3.select("#container")
.style("width", width + "px")
.style("height", height + "px")
.call(zoom)
.on("mousemove", mousemoved);
var base = d3.select('#map');
var chart = d3.select('canvas')
.attr("class", "layer")
.attr('width', width)
.attr('height', height);
var context = chart.node().getContext('2d');
var locations = d3.select('#points');
var layer = d3.select('.layer');
var info = base.append("div")
.attr("class", "info");
zoomed();
function createMap(dataset) {
var dataBinding = locations.selectAll("points.arc")
.data(dataset)
.enter()
.append("points")
.classed("arc", true)
.attr("x", function(d) {return projection([d.y,d.x])[0]})
.attr("y", function(d) {return projection([d.y,d.x])[1]})
.attr("radius", 8)
.attr("fillStyle", "#ff0000")
drawCanvas();
}
function drawCanvas() {
var elements = locations.selectAll("points.arc");
elements.each(function(d) {
var node = d3.select(this);
context.beginPath();
context.arc(node.attr("x"), node.attr("y"), node.attr("radius"), 0, 2 * Math.PI);
context.fillStyle = node.attr("fillStyle");
context.fill();
context.closePath();
})
}
function reDraw() {
context.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
drawCanvas();
}
function zoomed() {
var tiles = tile
.scale(zoom.scale())
.translate(zoom.translate())
();
projection
.scale(zoom.scale() / 2 / Math.PI)
.translate(zoom.translate());
d3.selectAll("points.arc")
.attr("x", function(d) {return projection([d.y,d.x])[0]})
.attr("y", function(d) {return projection([d.y,d.x])[1]})
reDraw();
var image = layer
.style(prefix + "transform", matrix3d(tiles.scale, tiles.translate))
.selectAll(".tile")
.data(tiles, function(d) { return d; });
image.exit()
.remove();
image.enter().append("img")
.attr("class", "tile")
.attr("src", function(d) { return "http://" + ["a", "b", "c"][Math.random() * 3 | 0] + ".basemaps.cartocdn.com/light_all/" + d[2] + "/" + d[0] + "/" + d[1] + ".png"; })
.style("left", function(d) { return (d[0] << 8) + "px"; })
.style("top", function(d) { return (d[1] << 8) + "px"; });
}
function mousemoved() {
info.text(formatLocation(projection.invert(d3.mouse(this)), zoom.scale()));
}
function matrix3d(scale, translate) {
var k = scale / 256, r = scale % 1 ? Number : Math.round;
return "matrix3d(" + [k, 0, 0, 0, 0, k, 0, 0, 0, 0, k, 0, r(translate[0] * scale), r(translate[1] * scale), 0, 1 ] + ")";
}
function prefixMatch(p) {
var i = -1, n = p.length, s = document.body.style;
while (++i < n) if (p[i] + "Transform" in s) return "-" + p[i].toLowerCase() + "-";
return "";
}
function formatLocation(p, k) {
var format = d3.format("." + Math.floor(Math.log(k) / 2 - 2) + "f");
return (p[1] < 0 ? format(-p[1]) + " S" : format(p[1]) + " N") + " "
+ (p[0] < 0 ? format(-p[0]) + " W" : format(p[0]) + " E");
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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