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Mar 23, 2022
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md`# Choropleth Mapping [GEOG 3540] v2
Median Age in Iowa Counties, Source: [Census 2010]`
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d3 = require("d3@5")
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import {legend} from "@d3/color-legend"
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simple = require("simple-statistics@7.0.7/dist/simple-statistics.min.js")
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format = d => `${d}%`
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topojson = require("topojson-client@3")
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iowa = FileAttachment("iowa_counties_topo.json").json()
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counties = topojson.feature(iowa, iowa.objects.iowa_counties)
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csv_data = d3.csvParse(await FileAttachment("iowa_counties.csv").text(),({FIPS, MED_AGE}) => [FIPS, [+MED_AGE]])
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data = Object.assign(new Map(csv_data), {title: "Median Age"})
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med_age = Array.from(csv_data.values(), d => d[1][0])
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YlGnBu = [d3.color("#ffffcc"), d3.color("#a1dab4"), d3.color("#41b6c4"), d3.color("#2c7fb8"),d3.color("#253494")]
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naturalbreaks = simple.ckmeans(med_age, YlGnBu.length).map(v => v.pop())
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//more information on sequential scales: https://observablehq.com/@d3/sequential-scales
// color = d3.scaleSequentialQuantile([...data.values()], d3.interpolateBlues)

// color = d3.scaleQuantile()
// .domain(med_age)
// .range()

color = d3.scaleThreshold()
.domain(naturalbreaks)
.range(YlGnBu)
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width = 975
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height = 610
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margin = 100
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//Rotate the map sets the longitude of origin for our UTM Zone 15N projection.
projection = d3.geoTransverseMercator().rotate([94,0]).fitExtent([[80, 80], [width, height]], counties);
//d3 reference for projections: https://github.com/d3/d3-geo/blob/master/README.md

//use the following url for specific projection settings: https://github.com/veltman/d3-stateplane
//Use this code to set up the map projection (if different than geographic projection)

//projection = d3.geoAlbers().fitExtent([[margin, margin], [width - margin, height - margin]], counties)

//projection = d3.geoMercator().fitExtent([[margin, margin], [width - margin, height - margin]], counties)
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//Using a path generator to project geometry onto the map
path = d3.geoPath().projection(projection);
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choropleth = {
const svg = d3.create("svg")
.attr("viewBox", [0, 0, width, height]);

svg.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(360,20)")
.append(() =>
legend({
color: color,
title: data.title,
width: 260,
tickFormat: ".1f"
})
);

svg.append("g")
.selectAll("path")
.data(counties.features)
.join("path")
.attr("stroke", "white")
.attr("stroke-linejoin", "round")
.attr("stroke-width", 1)
// .attr("fill", function(d){
// console.log(color(data.get(d.properties.FIPS)[0]))
// return color(data.get(d.properties.FIPS)[0]);
// })
.attr("fill", d => color(data.get(d.properties.FIPS)[0]))
.attr("d", path)
.append("title")
.text(d => " Median Age: " + data.get(d.properties.FIPS));
svg.selectAll(".subunit-label")
.data(counties.features)
.enter().append("text")
.attr("class", function(d) { return "subunit-label " + d.id; })
.attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + path.centroid(d) + ")"; })
.attr("fill", function(d){
if(data.get(d.properties.FIPS)>38.9)
return "white";
else
return "black";
})
.attr("fill-opacity", "1")
// .attr("font-size", "15px")
.attr("font-size", function(d){
if(d.properties.FIPS.length > 10)
return "8px";
else
return "15px";
})
.attr("font-weight", "300")
.attr("text-anchor", "middle")
.text(function(d) { return d.properties.FIPS; })

return svg.node();
}
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