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Concentration of Measure
// Slider with title and numeric value, to be used with synchronized views
slider = ({ min, max, step, view, title }) =>
html`<form class="sync">
<div>${title}</div>
${view.bind(html`<input
type=range
min="${min}"
max="${max}"
step="${step}"
>`)}
${view.bind(html`<input
type="number"
readonly
class="readonly"
>`)}
</form>`
viewof radius = new View(2)
viewof dimension = new View(1)
w = Math.min(640, width)
color = d3.interpolateRdBu
data = getPoints(dimension, radius)
volumeOverRadius = [
[0, 0],
...d3
.pairs(d3.range(0, radius + 0.11, 0.1))
.map(([r0, r1]) => [
r0 / radius,
(volume(r1, dimension) - volume(r0, dimension)) /
volume(radius, dimension)
])
]
groupedPoints = d3.groups(
data.map(d => distance(d) / radius).filter(d => d <= 1),
d => d
)
// For when you may get very close to 0 and 100%, and the distinction remains important, this shows percentages with just enough precision to distinguish them from those extremes
format = n => {
const f = d3.format(".0%")(n);
const p = n * 100;
const closenessTo1 = Math.abs(Math.floor(Math.log10(100 - p)));
const closenessTo0 = Math.abs(Math.floor(Math.log10(p)));
return n === 0 || n === 1
? f
: f === "100%"
? p.toFixed(Math.min(closenessTo1, 100)) + "%"
: f === "0%"
? p.toFixed(Math.min(closenessTo0, 100)) + "%"
: f;
}
r = d => d * 20
arc = d3.arc()({
innerRadius: r(range[0]),
outerRadius: r(range[1]),
startAngle: 0,
endAngle: 2 * Math.PI
})
circleRange = svg`<svg
width="${r(1) * 2}"
height="${r(1) * 2}"
style="margin: 5px;"
>
<g transform="translate(${r(1)}, ${r(1)})">
<circle r="${r(1)}" fill="hsl(0, 0%, 80%)" />
<path d="${arc}" fill="#3b99fc" stroke="white"/>
</g>
</svg>`
tableData = [...d3.range(1, 10), ...d3.range(10, 101, 10)].map(dim => [
dim,
(volume(range[1], dim) - volume(range[0], dim)) / volume(1, dim)
])
html`<style>
input.readonly {
border: none;
padding: none;
font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: inherit;
width: 2em;
pointer-events: none;
}
form.sync {
font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
}
form.sync div:first-child {
margin-right: 1em;
width: 60px;
}
form.sync div:last-child {
margin-left: 1em;
}
form.sync input {
width: 200px;
}
</style>`
// Header illustration
getIllo = () => {
const w = width + 28,
h = 250;
const context = DOM.context2d(w, h, 1);
const getRandomColor = () => `hsl(${Math.random() * 360},50%,50%)`;
context.canvas.style.margin = "0 -14px 0 -14px";
context.canvas.style.position = "relative";
context.canvas.style.zIndex = "-1";
context.canvas.style.imageRendering = "pixelated";
context.globalCompositeOperation = "xor";
const data = d3.range(3).map(d => ({
cx: d3.randomUniform(w * 0.7, w * 0.9)(),
cy: d3.randomUniform(h * 0.2, h * 0.8)(),
r: (Math.random() * h) / 6,
c: getRandomColor(),
t0: 0
}));
let dr = 4;
d3.timer(t => {
if (t > 2000) return true;
data.forEach(d => {
if (t < d.t0) return;
context.strokeStyle = d.c;
context.beginPath();
context.arc(d.cx, d.cy, d.r, 0, Math.PI * 2);
context.stroke();
d.r += dr;
dr *= 0.95;
});
});
return context.canvas;
}
import {distance, getPoints, volume} from "@tophtucker/theres-plenty-of-room-in-the-corners"
import { View } from "@mbostock/synchronized-views"
import {tweet} from "@mbostock/tweet"
import { legend, ramp } from "@d3/color-legend@704"
import { rangeInput } from "@mootari/range-slider"
d3 = require("d3")
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