Basic background map in d3.js

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The Html part of the code just creates a div that will be modified by d3 later on.

In this example the world country boundaries are used. Data comes from here. They are provided at geojson format. If you have a shapefile format, visit the background map section to see how to proceed.

Note that the geo.projection plugin is used. It allows to represent the world using different projection. See this page of the gallery to see the possibilities.

Note: I don't understand the logic behind the .scale part.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">

<!-- Load d3.js -->
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.js"></script>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3-scale-chromatic.v1.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3-geo-projection.v2.min.js"></script>

<!-- Create an element where the map will take place -->
<svg id="my_dataviz" width="400" height="300"></svg>

<script>

// The svg
var svg = d3.select("svg"),
    width = +svg.attr("width"),
    height = +svg.attr("height");

// Map and projection
var projection = d3.geoNaturalEarth()
    .scale(width / 1.3 / Math.PI)
    .translate([width / 2, height / 2])

// Load external data and boot
d3.json("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/holtzy/D3-graph-gallery/master/DATA/world.geojson", function(data){

    // Draw the map
    svg.append("g")
        .selectAll("path")
        .data(data.features)
        .enter().append("path")
            .attr("fill", "#69b3a2")
            .attr("d", d3.geoPath()
                .projection(projection)
            )
            .style("stroke", "#fff")
})

</script>

Most basic background map in d3.js

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