The image above was made with stable diffusion using the prompt 'A blocky abstracted colorful map of the united states.'
I recently sketched out an interactive map to look at both destructive and constructive events brought about by people who were pushed too far. I modified the Tilegrams NPR 1-to-1 json file to use as a basis and made the page with d3js. The page is very simple. It's just a title, the map, a side panel that opens when a relevant state is clicked, a legend, a text area, and a footer.
Here are d3 script imports
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v7.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://d3js.org/topojson.v3.min.js"></script>
Here's my styling
body {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
margin: 0;
background-color: #fff;
}
a:link {
color: red;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:visited {
color: cyan;
}
a:hover {
color: white;
background-color: black;
}
#header {
width: 100%; /* Full width of the page */
text-align: center;
padding: 10px 0; /* Add space above and below the text */
position: fixed; /* Keeps it at the top of the flow */
margin-bottom: 10px;
top: 0;
z-index: 1000;
pointer-events: none; /* Allows clicks to pass through */
transition: transform 0.3s ease-in-out; /* Smooth hide/show transition */
}
#header.hidden {
transform: translateY(-100%);
}
#header h1 {
font-family: "Pathway Gothic One", sans-serif;
font-size: 48px;
font-weight: bold;
color: red;
}
#text-container {
width: 60%; /* Adjust width to fit within the page layout */
margin: 20px auto; /* Center horizontally and add spacing */
padding: 10px;
padding-bottom: 60px;
background-color: #f9f9f9; /* Optional: Background color for visibility */
font-family: "Noto Serif", serif;
font-size: 16px;
line-height: 1.5;
color: #333;
box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); /* Optional: Add a shadow for depth */
}
#footer {
color: cyan;
background-color: black;
font-family: courier;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
padding: 8px;
width: 100%;
margin-top: 20px;
position: fixed; /* Keeps it at the bottom of the flow */
bottom: 0;
}
#map-container {
width: 100%; /* Full width */
height: 88vh;
position: relative;
margin-top: 80px;
margin-bottom: 60px;
margin-left: 50px;
}
svg {
display: block;
width: 100%; /* Responsive scaling */
height: 100%; /* Maintain aspect ratio */
z-index: 1000;
}
.state {
fill: #ccc;
stroke: #fff;
stroke-width: 8px;
transition: transform 0.1s ease-in-out;
}
.state:active {
transform: scale(1.03); /* Slightly enlarge */
}
.state:hover {
fill: red !important;
}
#info-panel {
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: -360px;
width: 360px;
height: 100%;
background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
font-family: "Noto Serif", serif;
overflow-y: auto;
transition: left 0.2s ease-in-out;
padding: 20px;
z-index: 10;
}
#info-panel.open {
left: 0;
}
#info-panel h2 {
margin-top: 0;
font-family: "Pathway Gothic One", sans-serif;
}
#close-panel {
position: absolute;
bottom: 80px; /* Distance from the bottom of the panel */
right: 20px; /* Distance from the right edge of the panel */
background: #fff;
color: black;
letter-spacing: 2px;
border: 2px solid gray;
padding: 10px 15px;
font-family: "Pathway Gothic One", sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: bold;
cursor: pointer;
z-index: 1000; /* Ensure it's above other elements */
box-shadow: 0 4px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); /* Optional: Adds a shadow for depth */
opacity: 0; /* Hidden by default */
pointer-events: none; /* Prevent interaction when hidden */
}
#info-panel.open #close-panel {
opacity: 1; /* Show the button when the panel is open */
pointer-events: auto; /* Enable interaction */
}
#close-panel:hover {
background: black; /* Darker red when hovered */
color: white;
}
#legend {
position: absolute;
bottom: 20px;
right: 20px;
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); /* Semi-transparent background */
padding: 10px;
font-family: "Pathway Gothic One", sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
line-height: 1.5;
}
.legend-item {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.legend-item:last-child {
margin-bottom: 0;
}
.legend-color {
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
margin-right: 10px;
}
.label {
font-size: 16px;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: "Pathway Gothic One", sans-serif;
text-anchor: middle; /* Center the text */
pointer-events: none; /* Prevent interaction with labels */
}
.state.destructive {
fill: black;
}
.state.constructive {
fill: cyan;
}
.state.both {
fill: green;
}
.label.gray {
fill: gray;
}
Here's the relevant html
<div id="header"><h1>Mapping the Discontent</h1>div>
<div id="map-container">
<svg id="map" viewBox="-200 -100 1200 800" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid slice"></svg>
<div id="legend">
<div class="legend-item">
<div class="legend-color" style="background-color: black;"></div>
<span>Destructive Event</span>
</div>
<div class="legend-item">
<div class="legend-color" style="background-color: cyan;"></div>
<span>Constructive Event</span>
</div>
<div class="legend-item">
<div class="legend-color" style="background-color: green;"></div>
<span>Constructive & Destructive</span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="info-panel">
<h2 id="state-name"></h2>
<p id="state-details">Details about the state will go here.</p>
<button id="close-panel">CLOSE</button>
</div>
<div id="text-container">
<p>This is an interactive map to look at both destructive and constructive events brought about by people who were pushed too far. Eventually, hidden connections between events may be revealed.
</p>
</div>
<div id="footer">Page by <a href="https://freemindgazette.substack.com/">Mark Bailey</a>div>
And here's the javascript
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"id": "25", "properties": {"name": "MASSACHUSETTS", "tilegramValue": 1, "abbr": "MA"}, "arcs": [[59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64]]}, {"type": "Polygon", "id": "26", "properties": {"name": "MICHIGAN", "tilegramValue": 1, "abbr": "MI"}, "arcs": [[-32, 65, 66]]}, {"type": "Polygon", "id": "27", "properties": {"name": "MINNESOTA", "tilegramValue": 1, "abbr": "MN"}, "arcs": [[67, -37, 68, 69, 70]]}, {"type": "Polygon", "id": "28", "properties": {"name": "MISSISSIPPI", "tilegramValue": 1, "abbr": "MS"}, "arcs": [[71, 72, 73, 74, -51]]}, {"type": "Polygon", "id": "29", "properties": {"name": "MISSOURI", "tilegramValue": 1, "abbr": "MO"}, "arcs": [[-42, 75, -48, -23, -35, 76]]}, {"type": "Polygon", "id": "30", "properties": {"name": "MONTANA", "tilegramValue": 1, "abbr": "MT"}, "arcs": [[-20, 77, 78, 79, 80]]}, {"type": "Polygon", "id": "31", "properties": {"name": "NEBRASKA", "tilegramValue": 1, "abbr": "NE"}, "arcs": [[81, -43, -77, -34, 82, 83]]}, {"type": "Polygon", "id": "32", "properties": 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const projection = d3.geoIdentity()
.reflectY(true)
.fitSize([800, 600], topojson.feature(mapData, mapData.objects.tiles));
const path = d3.geoPath().projection(projection);
const svg = d3.select("#map");
const geojson = topojson.feature(mapData, mapData.objects.tiles);
const eventsData = [
{ state: "NY", city: "Manhattan", date: "2024-12-04", type: "destructive", summary: "Luigi Mangione kills the CEO of UnitedHealthcare Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan.
The assasination was carefully planned.
" },
{ state: "LA", city: "New Orleans", date: "2025-01-01", type: "destructive", summary: "US Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove into a crowd and then died in a shootout with police, killing 15 and injuring 30 more." },
{ state: "NV", city: "Las Vegas", date: "2025-01-01", type: "destructive", summary: "Matthew Livelsberger blew up a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Las Vegas Hotel." },
{ state: "WI", city: "Madison", date: "2024-12-16", type: "destructive", summary: "15-year-old Natalie Rupnow opens fire at her religious school, killing a teacher and a classmate and wounding several others." },
{ state: "MN", city: "Minneapolis", date: "2025-01-01", type: "constructive", summary: "We went ice skating." }
];
// Group events by state
const stateEvents = {};
eventsData.forEach(event => {
if (!stateEvents[event.state]) {
stateEvents[event.state] = { destructive: [], constructive: [] };
}
stateEvents[event.state][event.type].push(event);
});
// Draw the map
svg.selectAll("path")
.data(geojson.features)
.enter()
.append("path")
.attr("class", "state")
.attr("d", path)
.on("click", function (event, d) {
const panel = document.getElementById("info-panel");
const stateName = document.getElementById("state-name");
const stateDetails = document.getElementById("state-details");
// Update panel content
stateName.textContent = d.properties.name;
stateDetails.textContent = `Details about ${d.properties.name} will go here.`;
// Toggle panel
if (!panel.classList.contains("open") || stateName.textContent !== d.properties.name) {
panel.classList.add("open");
} else {
panel.classList.remove("open");
}
});
document.getElementById("close-panel").addEventListener("click", () => {
document.getElementById("info-panel").classList.remove("open");
});
// Add state labels
svg.selectAll("text")
.data(geojson.features)
.enter()
.append("text")
.attr("class", "label")
.attr("x", d => path.centroid(d)[0]) // X-coordinate of centroid
.attr("y", d => path.centroid(d)[1]) // Y-coordinate of centroid
.text(d => d.properties.abbr); // Display abbreviation
// Update state colors based on events
svg.selectAll("path")
.data(geojson.features)
.attr("class", "state")
.style("fill", d => {
const events = stateEvents[d.properties.abbr];
if (!events) return "#ccc"; // Default color
const hasDestructive = events.destructive.length > 0;
const hasConstructive = events.constructive.length > 0;
if (hasDestructive && hasConstructive) return "green";
if (hasDestructive) return "black";
if (hasConstructive) return "cyan";
return "#ccc";
})
.on("click", function (event, d) {
const events = stateEvents[d.properties.abbr];
if (!events) return;
// Update the panel with event summaries
const panel = document.getElementById("info-panel");
const stateName = document.getElementById("state-name");
const stateDetails = document.getElementById("state-details");
stateName.textContent = d.properties.name;
stateDetails.innerHTML = "";
["destructive", "constructive"].forEach(type => {
events[type].forEach(evt => {
const title = `${evt.city} (${evt.date})
`;
const content = `${evt.summary}
`;
const eventHTML = `${title}${content}`;
stateDetails.innerHTML += eventHTML;
});
});
panel.classList.add("open");
});
// Style labels based on events
svg.selectAll("text")
.data(geojson.features)
.attr("class", "label")
.style("fill", d => {
const events = stateEvents[d.properties.abbr];
if (!events) return "#333"; // Default color
if (events.destructive.length > 0) return "gray";
return "#333";
});
let lastScrollTop = 0; // Keeps track of the last scroll position
const header = document.getElementById("header");
window.addEventListener("scroll", () => {
const currentScroll = window.pageYOffset || document.documentElement.scrollTop;
if (currentScroll > lastScrollTop) {
// Scrolling down
header.classList.add("hidden");
} else {
// Scrolling up
header.classList.remove("hidden");
}
lastScrollTop = currentScroll <= 0 ? 0 : currentScroll; // Ensure it doesn't go negative
});
Notes
I've been wanting to get into d3 for a long time and this project finally gave me an excuse to start playing around. Eventually, I want to create nice interactive graphs with the library and this is a stepping stone towards that. The only stumbling block I ran into was with the svg display. After trying several things and enlisting the help of gpt, I was finally able to get it to display mostly correctly using <svg id="map" viewBox="-200 -100 1200 800" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid slice"></svg> The display still isn't perfect, but it's probably good enough for now.
Along with the svg json, I set up the events data as a separate json input, with the idea to eventually have this stored remotely in a bin that can be added to/updated by users. The structure of this data hasn't yet been finalized, so I'll be tweaking it until I get it right before taking the next step.
Read Free Mind Gazette on Substack
Read my novels:
- Small Gods of Time Travel is available as a web book on IPFS and as a 41 piece Tezos NFT collection on Objkt.
- The Paradise Anomaly is available in print via Blurb and for Kindle on Amazon.
- Psychic Avalanche is available in print via Blurb and for Kindle on Amazon.
- One Man Embassy is available in print via Blurb and for Kindle on Amazon.
- Flying Saucer Shenanigans is available in print via Blurb and for Kindle on Amazon.
- Rainbow Lullaby is available in print via Blurb and for Kindle on Amazon.
- The Ostermann Method is available in print via Blurb and for Kindle on Amazon.
- Blue Dragon Mississippi is available in print via Blurb and for Kindle on Amazon.
See my NFTs:
- Small Gods of Time Travel is a 41 piece Tezos NFT collection on Objkt that goes with my book by the same name.
- History and the Machine is a 20 piece Tezos NFT collection on Objkt based on my series of oil paintings of interesting people from history.
- Artifacts of Mind Control is a 15 piece Tezos NFT collection on Objkt based on declassified CIA documents from the MKULTRA program.