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Learn D3.js

You're reading from   Learn D3.js Create interactive data-driven visualizations for the web with the D3.js library

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838645571
Length 650 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Helder da Rocha Helder da Rocha
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Preface 1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER 2. Technical Fundamentals 3. Quick Start 4. Data Binding 5. Manipulating Data and Formatting 6. Scales, Axes, and Colors 7. Shape and Layout Generators 8. Animation and Interactivity 9. Visualizing Hierarchical Data 10. Visualizing Flows and Networks 11. Visualizing Geographical Data 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Geographical information systems

A Geographical Information System, or GIS, is a system that stores, presents, and allows manipulation of spatial or geographic data. GIS applications are built on databases and contain a rich graphical user interface that manipulates multiple layers of geographic data in vector and raster formats.

GIS existed way before the Web was born. The first desktop GIS product was MapInfo Pro, released in 1986. One of the most popular products is ArcGIS, by Esri, the company that created the popular Shapefile format (.SHP), which is a de facto standard in the field. Free and open-source solutions include PostGIS (based on the Postgres database and used by many GIS applications), GRASS GIS and QGIS, which runs in Mac, Windows and Linux. They all support the Shapefile format as well as open web standards like GeoJSON and TopoJSON. GIS applications are also...

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