A look at Queue.js and how you can load multiple files before running the rest of the code. Simple visualization of populated places in the USA. Files loaded:
- US States - topojson
- Populated Places - geojson
<!DOCTYPE html> | |
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> | |
<style> | |
.states { | |
fill: #e5e5e5; | |
stroke: #fff; | |
stroke-width:1px; | |
} | |
.cities { | |
fill: red; | |
opacity:0.7; | |
} | |
</style> | |
<body> | |
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script> | |
<script src="http://d3js.org/topojson.v1.min.js"></script> | |
<script src="http://d3js.org/queue.v1.min.js"></script> | |
<script> | |
var width = 960, | |
height = 500; | |
var svg = d3.select('body').append('svg') | |
.attr('width', width) | |
.attr('height', height); | |
var projection = d3.geo.albersUsa() | |
.scale(1000) | |
.translate([width / 2, height / 2]); | |
var path = d3.geo.path() | |
.projection(projection); | |
queue() | |
.defer(d3.json, 'states.json') | |
.defer(d3.json, 'cities.json') | |
.await(makeMyMap); | |
function makeMyMap(error, states, cities) { | |
svg.append('path') | |
.datum(topojson.feature(states, states.objects.usStates)) | |
.attr('d', path) | |
.attr('class', 'states'); | |
svg.selectAll('.cities') | |
.data(cities.features) | |
.enter() | |
.append('path') | |
.attr('d', path.pointRadius(5)) | |
.attr('class', 'cities'); | |
} | |
</script> | |
</body> | |
</html> |