I'm a professor of mathematics at the University of North Carolina Asheville. I've also done a fair amount of consulting work over the years focusing on scientific and data visualization.
I'm happy to be part of the first Observable Ambassador's cohort.
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Mass shootings in the USNC State Legislative Elections 2022Indigenous territories of the SoutheastHBCUsBuncombe county votingHexapolis 538Trivariate choropleth for racial composition in the USReproductive rights and ... ??The NC Congressional redistricting battleNC Congressional DistrictsElectoral MapGerrymandering Hexapolis by handSetting up HexapolisVisualizations of gun ownership dataUS Gun PurchasesIncome distribution in North CarolinaIncome inequality in North Carolina
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// Modified Wikimedia: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Gun_outline.svg
gun = "M 104 31 L 94.5 41 C 87.838131 48.012493 80.21061 48.523224 70.5 45 C 65.730485 43.269515 60.365376 38.273176 56 42.5 C 51.841622 46.526396 57.770564 49.777478 62 51.5 C 79.34484 58.564032 89.137238 68.757098 85 90 C 80.862762 111.2429 66.50779 108.84144 54 111 C 44.605682 112.62125 35.684815 112.57989 31 117 C 21.691257 125.78278 30.374381 135.57293 37 135 C 67.399774 132.37128 92.804902 155.62922 79 186 L 64 219 L 80 220 L 25 346 L 162 364 L 204 214 C 206.86761 203.75852 220.37594 197.49034 231 197 L 296 194 C 309.47228 193.3782 324.68919 181.28718 327 168 L 331 145 C 332.66023 135.45366 343.31086 126.09689 353 126 L 453 125 L 456 120 L 553 119 C 557.63057 118.95226 558.11925 111.23169 560 107 L 564 98 L 564 42 L 555 31 L 330 31 L 320 42 L 265 42 L 258 31 L 104 31 z"
us_outline = {
let outline = await FileAttachment("outline.json").json();
let polygon = outline.features[0].geometry.coordinates[5];
polygon[0].reverse();
outline.features[0].geometry.type = "Polygon";
outline.features[0].geometry.coordinates = polygon;
let w = 600;
let h = 400;
let projection = d3
.geoMercator()
.reflectX(true)
.fitExtent(
[
[0, 0],
[w, h]
],
outline
);
let path = d3.geoPath().projection(projection);
return path(outline);
}
flubber = require("flubber")
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