In September 2016, the US Census Bureau released data that showed how long American firms have been in business. The US Census Bureau even created a nice-looking visualization themselves (http://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2016/cb16-148.html) showing the results from that data:
In this section, we'll create an alternative visualization using an animated donut chart. While making this, we'll explore the following subjects:
- Learning how to use animations to occur when data is loaded
- Using the various path generators from D3 to generate SVG paths
- Using color interpolators to color each individual part of the donut
You can see this sample for yourself by opening example: <DVD3>/src/chapter-02/D02-01.html. The results look like this:
By selecting a different group of firm owners in the top left you can see the...