A map minimap in SVG
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A recipe for a map with a minimap, using d3-geo, nested SVGs, viewBox, and <use>
I’m Jules. I’m a software engineer with a background in geoscience engineering.
I like thinking about reduced representations. Maps, charts, diagrams, and engineering models all leave out most of reality to get the essentials across, and that is exactly what makes them understandable. I like building on the web because it's a great medium for sharing them, and for making more things interpretable for more people.
At the moment, I’m working on making geotechnical data more useful at 
Bedrock.engineer.
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