Bldng Interactive Data Vslns D3js Getting GeoJSON frm Natural Earth packtpubcom

>> YOUR LINK HERE: ___ http://youtube.com/watch?v=fc8RJBgcKbg

This playlist/video has been uploaded for Marketing purposes and contains only introductory videos. • For the entire video course and code, visit [http://bit.ly/1OsaAJO]. • Geographic maps tend to be encoded such that the shape, size, and position are fixed, but these variables are crucial to creating a good visualization. In this video, we shall convert raw geographic data to GeoJSON, a format that D3.js can then manipulate to our liking. • • Get and unzip the raw data from the Natural Earth website • • Convert raw geographic data to GeoJSON with GDAL, installing it if necessary. Inspect the GeoJSON file to get an understanding of what we'll be working with • • Compress the GeoJSON file to just the necessary elements using TopoJSON, installing it if necessary • • • For the latest web development video tutorials, please visit • http://bit.ly/1KYwKQ5 • • Find us on Facebook -- / packtvideo • Follow us on Twitter - / packtvideo

#############################

New on site