Bubble Maps in JavaScript

How to make a D3.js-based bubble map in JavaScript. A bubble map overlays a bubble chart on a map.

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Europe Bubble Map

var data = [{
    type: 'scattergeo',
    mode: 'markers',
    locations: ['FRA', 'DEU', 'RUS', 'ESP'],
    marker: {
        size: [20, 30, 15, 10],
        color: [10, 20, 40, 50],
        cmin: 0,
        cmax: 50,
        colorscale: 'Greens',
        colorbar: {
            title: {text: 'Some rate'},
            ticksuffix: '%',
            showticksuffix: 'last'
        },
        line: {
            color: 'black'
        }
    },
    name: 'europe data'
}];

var layout = {
    'geo': {
        'scope': 'europe',
        'resolution': 50
    }
};

Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);

USA Bubble Map

d3.csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/datasets/master/2014_us_cities.csv', function(err, rows){

    function unpack(rows, key) {
        return rows.map(function(row) { return row[key]; });
    }

    var cityName = unpack(rows, 'name'),
        cityPop = unpack(rows, 'pop'),
        cityLat = unpack(rows, 'lat'),
        cityLon = unpack(rows, 'lon'),
        color = [,"rgb(255,65,54)","rgb(133,20,75)","rgb(255,133,27)","lightgrey"],
        citySize = [],
        hoverText = [],
        scale = 50000;

    for ( var i = 0 ; i < cityPop.length; i++) {
        var currentSize = cityPop[i] / scale;
        var currentText = cityName[i] + " pop: " + cityPop[i];
        citySize.push(currentSize);
        hoverText.push(currentText);
    }

    var data = [{
        type: 'scattergeo',
        locationmode: 'USA-states',
        lat: cityLat,
        lon: cityLon,
        hoverinfo: 'text',
        text: hoverText,
        marker: {
            size: citySize,
            line: {
                color: 'black',
                width: 2
            },
        }
    }];

    var layout = {
        title: {text: '2014 US City Populations'},
        showlegend: false,
        geo: {
            scope: 'usa',
            projection: {
                type: 'albers usa'
            },
            showland: true,
            landcolor: 'rgb(217, 217, 217)',
            subunitwidth: 1,
            countrywidth: 1,
            subunitcolor: 'rgb(255,255,255)',
            countrycolor: 'rgb(255,255,255)'
        },
    };

    Plotly.newPlot("myDiv", data, layout, {showLink: false});

});