palewire

3D earthquake intensity maps

On July 5, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake rumbled beneath the Searles Valley in California's Mojave Desert.

The U.S. Geological Survey mapped its intensity as it rippled across Southern California.

Here's that data modeled in 3D.

Instructions

eyeseast

import httplib2
import urllib
try:
    import json
except ImportError:
    import simplejson as json

# create a global Http object so we can reuse connections
http = httplib2.Http('.cache')

albertsun

var allPolygons = [];

function setPolys(geom) {
    /* geom: a GeoJSON object.
       Parse geom, and add it as a child to the global Raphael object, R.
    */
    //geom.type either Polygon or MultiPolygon
    var translationFunction = function(coords) {
	    var projected = Projections.contiguous.forward(coords);
	    var x = 217+(projected[0]*190/2400000);

onyxfish

backend app1 {
    .host = "1.1.1.1";
    .port = "80";
}

backend app2 {
    .host = "2.2.2.2";
    .port = "80";
}