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import { helloDataset } from "@zachpino/week-4-intro-to-javascript-for-visualization";
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helloDataset
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viewof xOffset = Inputs.range([-50, 50], { step: 0.1, value: 5 })
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viewof yOffset = Inputs.range([-50, 50], { step: 0.1, value: 2 })
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viewof fontSize = Inputs.range([5, 20], { step: 0.1, value: 9 })
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{
//svg variables
const width = 720;
const height = 360;

//create SVG artboard
const svg = d3.create("svg").attr("viewBox", [0, 0, width, height]);

//loop through all items in dataset
for (let i = 0; i < helloDataset.length; i++) {
//cast to floating point number, shift by 180 to remove negative numbers, double for desired size
const xPosition = (parseFloat(helloDataset[i].long) + 180) * 2;

//cast to floating point number, shift by 90 to remove negative numbers, double for desired size
//subtract from height to flip upside down -- big latitudes become small, small become big
const yPosition = height - (parseFloat(helloDataset[i].lat) + 90) * 2;

//draw circle for each item
svg
.append("circle")
.attr("cx", xPosition)
.attr("cy", yPosition)
.attr("r", 2)
.attr("fill", "white")
.attr("stroke", "black")
.attr("stroke-width", 1);

//write text for each item
svg
.append("text")
.attr("x", xPosition + xOffset) // the addition of a fixed number here moves the text just a bit over
.attr("y", yPosition + yOffset) // the addition of a fixed number here moves the text just a bit down
.text(helloDataset[i].hello)
.attr("fill", "black")
.attr("font-family", "courier")
.attr("font-size", fontSize);
}

//show visualization in Observable
return svg.node();
}
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{
//create SVG artboard
//note that the viewbox here is exactly what we want, which means we can simplify some of the math below
//the syntax is [x-origin, y-origin, width, height]
const svg = d3.create("svg").attr("viewBox", [-360, -180, 720, 360]);

//loop through all items in dataset
for (let i = 0; i < helloDataset.length; i++) {
//cast to floating point number, double for desired size
const xPosition = parseFloat(helloDataset[i].long) * 2;

//cast to floating point number, double for desired size
//invert with a negative sign - big latitudes become small, small become big
const yPosition = -parseFloat(helloDataset[i].lat) * 2;

//draw circle for each item
svg
.append("circle")
.attr("cx", xPosition)
.attr("cy", yPosition)
.attr("r", 2)
.attr("fill", "white")
.attr("stroke", "black")
.attr("stroke-width", 1);

//write text for each item
svg
.append("text")
.attr("x", xPosition + xOffset) // the addition of a fixed number here moves the text just a bit over
.attr("y", yPosition + yOffset) // the addition of a fixed number here moves the text just a bit down
.text(helloDataset[i].hello)
.attr("fill", "black")
.attr("font-family", "courier")
.attr("font-size", fontSize);
}

//show visualization in Observable
return svg.node();
}
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