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{
const offscreenContext = DOM.context2d(width, height, 1);
const offscreenPath = d3.geoPath(projection, offscreenContext);
const context = DOM.context2d(width, height);
const path = d3.geoPath(projection, context);
// Initialize the context’s path with the desired boundary.
offscreenContext.beginPath();
offscreenPath(topojson.feature(world, world.objects.land));
// Iterate over the grid and test whether points are inside.
for (let j = 0, y = j * dy; y < height + r; y += dy, ++j) {
for (let x = (j & 1) * dx / 2; x < width + dx / 2; x += dx) {
if (offscreenContext.isPointInPath(x, y)) {
context.beginPath();
hexagonPath(context, x, y, r);
context.fill();
}
}
yield context.canvas;
}
}
function hexagonPath(context, x, y, r) {
context.moveTo(x, y - r);
for (let a = 1; a < 6; ++a) {
const angle = a * Math.PI / 3;
context.lineTo(x + Math.sin(angle) * r, y - Math.cos(angle) * r);
}
context.closePath();
}
cells = {
const offscreenContext = DOM.context2d(width, height, 1);
const offscreenPath = d3.geoPath(projection, offscreenContext);
// Initialize the context’s path with the desired boundary.
offscreenContext.beginPath();
offscreenPath(topojson.feature(world, world.objects.land));
// Iterate over the grid and test whether points are inside.
const rings = [];
for (let j = 0, y = j * dy; y < height + r; y += dy, ++j) {
for (let x = (j & 1) * dx / 2; x < width + dx / 2; x += dx) {
if (offscreenContext.isPointInPath(x, y)) {
rings.push(hexagonPoints(x, y, r));
}
}
}
return {
type: "MultiPolygon",
coordinates: rings.map(ring => [ring])
};
}
function hexagonPoints(x, y, r) {
const points = [[x, y - r]];
for (let a = 1; a < 6; ++a) {
const angle = a * Math.PI / 3;
points.push([x + Math.sin(angle) * r, y - Math.cos(angle) * r]);
}
points.push([x, y - r]);
return points;
}
{
const context = DOM.context2d(width, height);
const path = d3.geoPath(null, context);
context.beginPath();
path(cells);
context.fillStyle = "#eee";
context.fill();
context.stroke();
return context.canvas;
}
topology = topojson.topology({cells}, 1e6)
merge = topojson.merge(topology, [topology.objects.cells])
{
const context = DOM.context2d(width, height);
const path = d3.geoPath(null, context);
context.beginPath();
path(merge);
context.fillStyle = "#eee";
context.fill();
context.stroke();
return context.canvas;
}
height = {
const [[minX, minY], [maxX, maxY]] = d3.geoPath(projection).bounds({type: "Sphere"});
return Math.round(maxY - minY + dy);
}
projection = d3.geoEqualEarth().fitWidth(width, {type: "Sphere"})
land = topojson.feature(world, world.objects.land)
world = d3.json("https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/world-atlas@1/world/110m.json")
topojson = require("topojson-server@3", "topojson-client@3")
d3 = require("d3@5")
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