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D3 date-time series chart

This is a d3 chart I built. I looked at many examples on the web, you can tell by the comments in my code. Here are some of the chart's features:

  • date-time series
  • two types of tick markers on the x-axis
  • data imported from CSV
  • x and y axis labels
  • chart title
  • horizontal lines
  • custom date formats
  • circle data point markers
  • tooltips
  • horizontal and vertical dashed lines that appear when a mouseover event gets triggered on the data points
title
file with a leading space = GIST title
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19896900/how-to-change-the-name-of-a-gist-in-github
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
body {
font: 14px sans-serif;
}
.axis path,
.axis line {
fill: none;
stroke: #000;
stroke-width: 1.5px;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
.line {
fill: none;
stroke: steelblue;
stroke-width: 3.5px;
}
.dot {
stroke: #000;
}
div.tooltip {
position: absolute;
text-align: center;
width: 80px;
height: 55px;
padding: 4px;
font: 16px sans-serif;
color: white;
font-weight: 500;
background: black;
border: 0px;
border-radius: 4px;
pointer-events: none;
}
/* http://www.d3noob.org/2013/01/adding-grid-lines-to-d3js-graph.html */
.grid .tick {
stroke: lightgrey;
opacity: 0.7;
}
</style>
<body>
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.js"></script>
<script>
//I increased the bottom margin a little bit because the x label is tied to it; so I could lower the x label a little bit
var margin = {top: 50, right: 20, bottom: 60, left: 90},
width = 600 - margin.left - margin.right,
height = 400 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
var x = d3.time.scale()
.range([0, width]);
var y = d3.scale.linear()
.range([height, 0]);
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(x)
.ticks(d3.time.hours,24)
//makes the xAxis ticks a little longer than the xMinorAxis ticks
.tickSize(10)
.orient("bottom");
var xMinorAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(x)
.ticks(d3.time.hours,12)
.orient("bottom");
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(y)
.orient("left");
var line = d3.svg.line()
.x(function(d) { return x(d.date); })
.y(function(d) { return y(d.total_km); });
var div = d3.select("body").append("div")
.attr("class", "tooltip")
.style("opacity", 0);
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 + ")");
//The format in the CSV, which d3 will read
var parseDate = d3.time.format("%Y-%m-%d %X");
//format for tooltip
//https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Time-Formatting
//var formatTime = d3.time.format("%e %b");
var formatTime = d3.time.format("%e %b %-I:%M %p");
var formatCount = d3.format(",");
// function for the y grid lines
function make_y_axis() {
return d3.svg.axis()
.scale(y)
.orient("left")
//.ticks(5)
}
//reading in CSV which contains data
d3.csv("roads_built.csv", function(error, data) {
data.forEach(function(d) {
//console.log(d.date_time)
d.date = parseDate.parse(d.date_time);
console.log(d.date);
d.total_km = +d.total_km;
console.log(d.total_km);
});
//using imported data to define extent of x and y domains
x.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.date; }));
y.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.total_km; }));
// Draw the y Grid lines
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "grid")
.call(make_y_axis()
.tickSize(-width, 0, 0)
.tickFormat("")
)
svg.append("path")
.datum(data)
.attr("class", "line")
.attr("d", line);
//taken from http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/3887118
//and http://www.d3noob.org/2013/01/change-line-chart-into-scatter-plot.html
//creating a group(g) and will append a circle and 2 lines inside each group
var g = svg.selectAll()
.data(data).enter().append("g");
//The markers on the line
g.append("circle")
//circle radius is increased
.attr("r", 4.5)
.attr("cx", function(d) { return x(d.date); })
.attr("cy", function(d) { return y(d.total_km); });
//The horizontal dashed line that appears when a circle marker is moused over
g.append("line")
.attr("class", "x")
.attr("id", "dashedLine")
.style("stroke", "steelblue")
.style("stroke-dasharray", "3,3")
.style("opacity", 0)
.attr("x1", function(d) { return x(d.date); })
.attr("y1", function(d) { return y(d.total_km); })
//d3.min gets the min date from the date x-axis scale
.attr("x2", function(d) { return x(d3.min(x)); })
.attr("y2", function(d) { return y(d.total_km); });
//The vertical dashed line that appears when a circle marker is moused over
g.append("line")
.attr("class", "y")
.attr("id", "dashedLine")
.style("stroke", "steelblue")
.style("stroke-dasharray", "3,3")
.style("opacity", 0)
.attr("x1", function(d) { return x(d.date); })
.attr("y1", function(d) { return y(d.total_km); })
.attr("x2", function(d) { return x(d.date); })
.attr("y2", height);
//circles are selected again to add the mouseover functions
g.selectAll("circle")
.on("mouseover", function(d) {
div.transition()
.duration(200)
.style("opacity", .9);
div.html(formatCount(d.total_km) + " km" + "<br/>" + formatTime(d.date))
.style("left", (d3.event.pageX - 20) + "px")
.style("top", (d3.event.pageY + 6) + "px");
//selects the horizontal dashed line in the group
d3.select(this.nextElementSibling).transition()
.duration(200)
.style("opacity", .9);
//selects the vertical dashed line in the group
d3.select(this.nextElementSibling.nextElementSibling).transition()
.duration(200)
.style("opacity", .9);
})
.on("mouseout", function(d) {
div.transition()
.duration(500)
.style("opacity", 0);
d3.select(this.nextElementSibling).transition()
.duration(500)
.style("opacity", 0);
d3.select(this.nextElementSibling.nextElementSibling).transition()
.duration(500)
.style("opacity", 0);
});
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "x axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.call(xAxis)
.selectAll(".tick text")
.call(wrap, 35);
svg.append("g")
.attr("class","xMinorAxis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.style({ 'stroke': 'Black', 'fill': 'none', 'stroke-width': '1px'})
.call(xMinorAxis)
.selectAll("text").remove();
//http://www.d3noob.org/2012/12/adding-axis-labels-to-d3js-graph.html
svg.append("text") // text label for the x-axis
.attr("x", width / 2 )
.attr("y", height + margin.bottom)
.style("text-anchor", "middle")
.text("Date");
svg.append("text") // text label for the y-axis
.attr("y",30 - margin.left)
.attr("x",50 - (height / 2))
.attr("transform", "rotate(-90)")
.style("text-anchor", "end")
.style("font-size", "16px")
.text("road length (km)");
//http://www.d3noob.org/2013/01/adding-title-to-your-d3js-graph.html
svg.append("text") // text label for chart Title
.attr("x", width / 2 )
.attr("y", 0 - (margin.top/2))
.style("text-anchor", "middle")
.style("font-size", "16px")
.style("text-decoration", "underline")
.text("Pandora Road Construction");
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "y axis")
.call(yAxis)
//text label for the y-axis inside chart
/*
.append("text")
.attr("transform", "rotate(-90)")
.attr("y", 6)
.attr("dy", ".71em")
.style("text-anchor", "end")
.style("font-size", "16px")
.style("background-color","red")
.text("road length (km)");
*/
//http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/7555321
//This code wraps label text if it has too much text
function wrap(text, width) {
text.each(function() {
var text = d3.select(this),
words = text.text().split(/\s+/).reverse(),
word,
line = [],
lineNumber = 0,
lineHeight = 1.1, // ems
y = text.attr("y"),
dy = parseFloat(text.attr("dy")),
tspan = text.text(null).append("tspan").attr("x", 0).attr("y", y).attr("dy", dy + "em");
while (word = words.pop()) {
line.push(word);
tspan.text(line.join(" "));
if (tspan.node().getComputedTextLength() > width) {
line.pop();
tspan.text(line.join(" "));
line = [word];
tspan = text.append("tspan").attr("x", 0).attr("y", y).attr("dy", ++lineNumber * lineHeight + dy + "em").text(word);
}
}
});
}
});
</script>
date_time total_km
2014-11-15 22:23:22 789
2014-11-16 00:09:29 850
2014-11-16 22:42:34 880
2014-11-18 06:02:57 1086
2014-11-19 21:34:40 1218
2014-11-20 19:00:17 1285
2014-11-21 15:27:45 1379
2014-11-21 18:26:53 1398
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