Countries that have gained independence from the UK

Project Description

A storytelling D3 visualization using a mercator projection map, lighting up countries that gained their independence from the UK one by one.

After the animated visualization ends, the map becomes interactive with the ability to hover and a tooltip appearing showing the name of the country and the indepdendence date if applicable.

Project Technicals

• The map was created using d3.js v5 library
• GeoJSON data was collected from Johan's github repository
• Data format is in CSV (country/independence date) and JSON (Geo)
• The map is responsive and will adjust to any screen size
• Tooltip showing countries and independence date appears on hover
• The storytelling part can be skipped by clicking anywhere on the map