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Snowflake Simplification
license: gpl-3.0
#!/usr/bin/env node
var width = 960,
height = 500;
console.log(JSON.stringify({
type: "GeometryCollection",
geometries: [
lSystem("FRFRFRFR", "FLFRFRFFLFLFRF", -Math.PI / 2, Math.PI / 2)(-128 + width * .35, height / 4),
lSystem("FRFRFRFR", "FLFRFRFFLFLFRF", -Math.PI / 2, Math.PI / 2)(128 + width * .35, height / 4)
]
}));
function lSystem(initial, replacement, left, right) {
var segments = initial.match(/F/g).length;
return function(x, y) {
var flake = initial,
iterations = 3,
d = 64 / Math.pow(segments, iterations - 1),
line = [];
for (var i = 0; i < iterations; ++i) flake = flake.replace(/F/g, replacement);
for (var angle = 0, move, i = 0, n = flake.length; i < n; ++i) {
move = flake.charAt(i);
if (move === "F") {
line.push([
x += d * Math.cos(angle) | 0,
y += d * Math.sin(angle) | 0
]);
} else {
angle += move === "L" ? left : right;
}
}
line.push(line[0]);
return {type: "Polygon", coordinates: [line]};
};
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
.koch {
fill: #eee;
stroke: #000;
}
.overlay {
fill: none;
pointer-events: all;
}
</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script src="//d3js.org/topojson.v1.min.js"></script>
<script>
var width = 960,
height = 500;
var area = 1, simplify = d3.geo.transform({
point: function(x, y, z) {
if (z >= area) this.stream.point(x, y);
}
});
var x = d3.scale.sqrt()
.domain([0, 1e4])
.range([0, width]);
var path = d3.geo.path()
.projection(simplify);
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height);
svg.append("rect")
.attr("class", "overlay")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height)
.on("mousemove", mousemoved);
d3.json("snowflake.json", function(error, topo) {
if (error) throw error;
svg.insert("path", ".overlay")
.datum(topojson.feature(topojson.presimplify(topo), topo.objects.snowflake))
.attr("class", "koch")
.attr("d", path);
});
function mousemoved() {
area = x.invert(d3.mouse(this)[0]);
svg.select(".koch").attr("d", path);
}
</script>
all: snowflake.json
clean:
rm -f -- snowflake.json
snowflake.json: create-snowflake
./create-snowflake | \
node_modules/.bin/topojson \
-o $@ \
-q 0 \
--cartesian \
-- \
snowflake=/dev/stdin
{
"name": "anonymous",
"version": "0.0.1",
"private": true,
"devDependencies": {
"topojson": "1"
}
}
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