Contour Plots in JavaScript
How to make a D3.js-based contour plot in javascript. Examples of contour plots of matrices with subplots, custom color-scales, and smoothing.
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var size = 100, x = new Array(size), y = new Array(size), z = new Array(size), i, j;
for(var i = 0; i < size; i++) {
x[i] = y[i] = -2 * Math.PI + 4 * Math.PI * i / size;
z[i] = new Array(size);
}
for(var i = 0; i < size; i++) {
for(j = 0; j < size; j++) {
var r2 = x[i]*x[i] + y[j]*y[j];
z[i][j] = Math.sin(x[i]) * Math.cos(y[j]) * Math.sin(r2) / Math.log(r2+1);
}
}
var data = [ {
z: z,
x: x,
y: y,
type: 'contour'
}
];
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data);
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var data = [ {
z: [[10, 10.625, 12.5, 15.625, 20],
[5.625, 6.25, 8.125, 11.25, 15.625],
[2.5, 3.125, 5.0, 8.125, 12.5],
[0.625, 1.25, 3.125, 6.25, 10.625],
[0, 0.625, 2.5, 5.625, 10]],
type: 'contour'
}
];
var layout = {
title: {
text: 'Basic Contour Plot'
}
}
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
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var data = [{
z: [[10, 10.625, 12.5, 15.625, 20],
[5.625, 6.25, 8.125, 11.25, 15.625],
[2.5, 3.125, 5., 8.125, 12.5],
[0.625, 1.25, 3.125, 6.25, 10.625],
[0, 0.625, 2.5, 5.625, 10]],
x: [-9, -6, -5 , -3, -1],
y: [0, 1, 4, 5, 7],
type: 'contour'
}];
var layout = {
title: {
text: 'Setting the X and Y Coordinates in a Contour Plot'
}
};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
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var data = [{
z: [[10, 10.625, 12.5, 15.625, 20],
[5.625, 6.25, 8.125, 11.25, 15.625],
[2.5, 3.125, 5., 8.125, 12.5],
[0.625, 1.25, 3.125, 6.25, 10.625],
[0, 0.625, 2.5, 5.625, 10]],
type: 'contour',
colorscale: 'Jet',
}];
var layout = {
title: {
text: 'Colorscale for Contour Plot'
}
};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
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var data = [ {
z: [[10, 10.625, 12.5, 15.625, 20],
[5.625, 6.25, 8.125, 11.25, 15.625],
[2.5, 3.125, 5., 8.125, 12.5],
[0.625, 1.25, 3.125, 6.25, 10.625],
[0, 0.625, 2.5, 5.625, 10]],
type: 'contour',
colorscale: 'Jet',
autocontour: false,
contours: {
start: 0,
end: 8,
size: 2
}
}];
var layout = {
title: {
text: 'Customizing Size and Range of Contours'
}
};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
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var data = [ {
z: [[10, 10.625, 12.5, 15.625, 20],
[5.625, 6.25, 8.125, 11.25, 15.625],
[2.5, 3.125, 5., 8.125, 12.5],
[0.625, 1.25, 3.125, 6.25, 10.625],
[0, 0.625, 2.5, 5.625, 10]],
type: 'contour',
colorscale: 'Jet',
dx: 10,
x0: 5,
dy: 10,
y0: 10
}];
var layout = {
title: {
text: 'Customizing Spacing Between X and Y Axis Ticks'
}
};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
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var trace1 = {
z: [[null, null, null, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16],
[null, 1, null, 11, null, null, null, 17],
[null, 2, 6, 7, null, null, null, 18],
[null, 3, null, 8, null, null, null, 19],
[5, 4, 10, 9, null, null, null, 20],
[null, null, null, 27, null, null, null, 21],
[null, null, null, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22]],
type: 'contour',
showscale: false,
xaxis: 'x1',
yaxis: 'y1'
};
var trace2 = {
z: [[null, null, null, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16],
[null, 1, null, 11, null, null, null, 17],
[null, 2, 6, 7, null, null, null, 18],
[null, 3, null, 8, null, null, null, 19],
[5, 4, 10, 9, null, null, null, 20],
[null, null, null, 27, null, null, null, 21],
[null, null, null, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22]],
connectgaps: true,
type: 'contour',
showscale: false,
xaxis: 'x2',
yaxis: 'y2'
};
var trace3 = {
z: [[null, null, null, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16],
[null, 1, null, 11, null, null, null, 17],
[null, 2, 6, 7, null, null, null, 18],
[null, 3, null, 8, null, null, null, 19],
[5, 4, 10, 9, null, null, null, 20],
[null, null, null, 27, null, null, null, 21],
[null, null, null, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22]],
zsmooth: 'best',
type: 'heatmap',
showscale: false,
xaxis: 'x3',
yaxis: 'y3'
};
var trace4 = {
z: [[null, null, null, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16],
[null, 1, null, 11, null, null, null, 17],
[null, 2, 6, 7, null, null, null, 18],
[null, 3, null, 8, null, null, null, 19],
[5, 4, 10, 9, null, null, null, 20],
[null, null, null, 27, null, null, null, 21],
[null, null, null, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22]],
zsmooth: 'best',
type: 'heatmap',
showscale: false,
connectgaps: true,
xaxis: 'x4',
yaxis: 'y4'
};
var data = [trace1, trace2, trace3, trace4];
var layout = {
title: {
text: 'Connect the Gaps Between Null Values in the Z Matrix'
},
xaxis: {domain: [0, 0.45],
anchor: 'y1'},
yaxis: {domain: [0.55, 1],
anchor: 'x1'},
xaxis2: {domain: [0.55, 1],
anchor: 'y2'},
yaxis2: {domain: [0.55, 1],
anchor: 'x2'},
xaxis3: {domain: [0, 0.45],
anchor: 'y3'},
yaxis3: {domain: [0, 0.45],
anchor: 'x3'},
xaxis4: {domain: [0.55, 1],
anchor: 'y4'},
yaxis4: {domain: [0, 0.45],
anchor: 'x4'}
};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
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var data = [ {
z: [[2, 4, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16],
[3, 1, 6, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17],
[4, 2, 7, 7, 11, 14, 17, 18],
[5, 3, 8, 8, 13, 15, 18, 19],
[7, 4, 10, 9, 16, 18, 20, 19],
[9, 10, 5, 27, 23, 21, 21, 21],
[11, 14, 17, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22]],
type: 'contour',
line:{
smoothing: 0
},
xaxis: 'x1',
yaxis: 'y1'
},
{
z: [[2, 4, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16],
[3, 1, 6, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17],
[4, 2, 7, 7, 11, 14, 17, 18],
[5, 3, 8, 8, 13, 15, 18, 19],
[7, 4, 10, 9, 16, 18, 20, 19],
[9, 10, 5, 27, 23, 21, 21, 21],
[11, 14, 17, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22]],
type: 'contour',
line:{
smoothing: 0.85
},
xaxis: 'x2',
yaxis: 'y2'
}];
var layout = {
title: {
text: 'Smoothing Contour Lines'
},
xaxis: {domain: [0, 0.45],
anchor: 'y1'},
yaxis: {domain: [0, 1],
anchor: 'x1'},
xaxis2: {domain: [0.55, 1],
anchor: 'y2'},
yaxis2: {domain: [0, 1],
anchor: 'x2'}
};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
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var data = [ {
z: [[10, 10.625, 12.5, 15.625, 20],
[5.625, 6.25, 8.125, 11.25, 15.625],
[2.5, 3.125, 5., 8.125, 12.5],
[0.625, 1.25, 3.125, 6.25, 10.625],
[0, 0.625, 2.5, 5.625, 10]],
type: 'contour',
contours: {
coloring: 'heatmap'
}
}];
var layout = {
title: {
text: 'Smooth Contour Coloring'
}
};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
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var data = [ {
z: [[10, 10.625, 12.5, 15.625, 20],
[5.625, 6.25, 8.125, 11.25, 15.625],
[2.5, 3.125, 5., 8.125, 12.5],
[0.625, 1.25, 3.125, 6.25, 10.625],
[0, 0.625, 2.5, 5.625, 10]],
type: 'contour',
colorscale: 'Jet',
contours:{
coloring: 'lines'
}
}];
var layout = {
title: {
text: 'Contour Lines'
}
};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
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var data = [ {
z: [[10, 10.625, 12.5, 15.625, 20],
[5.625, 6.25, 8.125, 11.25, 15.625],
[2.5, 3.125, 5.0, 8.125, 12.5],
[0.625, 1.25, 3.125, 6.25, 10.625],
[0, 0.625, 2.5, 5.625, 10]],
type: 'contour',
contours: {
coloring: 'heatmap',
showlabels: true,
labelfont: {
family: 'Raleway',
size: 12,
color: 'white',
}
}
}];
var layout = {
title: {
text: 'Contour with Labels'
}
}
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
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var data = [ {
z: [[10, 10.625, 12.5, 15.625, 20],
[5.625, 6.25, 8.125, 11.25, 15.625],
[2.5, 3.125, 5., 8.125, 12.5],
[0.625, 1.25, 3.125, 6.25, 10.625],
[0, 0.625, 2.5, 5.625, 10]],
type: 'contour',
colorscale: [[0, 'rgb(166,206,227)'], [0.25, 'rgb(31,120,180)'], [0.45, 'rgb(178,223,138)'], [0.65, 'rgb(51,160,44)'], [0.85, 'rgb(251,154,153)'], [1, 'rgb(227,26,28)']]
}
];
var layout = {
title: {
text: 'Custom Contour Plot Colorscale'
}
};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
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var data = [ {
z: [[10, 10.625, 12.5, 15.625, 20],
[5.625, 6.25, 8.125, 11.25, 15.625],
[2.5, 3.125, 5., 8.125, 12.5],
[0.625, 1.25, 3.125, 6.25, 10.625],
[0, 0.625, 2.5, 5.625, 10]],
type: 'contour',
colorbar:{
title: {
text: 'Color Bar Title',
side: 'right',
font: {
size: 14,
family: 'Arial, sans-serif'
}
}
}
}];
var layout = {
title: {
text: 'Colorbar with a Title'
}
};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
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var data = [ {
z: [[10, 10.625, 12.5, 15.625, 20],
[5.625, 6.25, 8.125, 11.25, 15.625],
[2.5, 3.125, 5., 8.125, 12.5],
[0.625, 1.25, 3.125, 6.25, 10.625],
[0, 0.625, 2.5, 5.625, 10]],
type: 'contour',
colorbar:{
thickness: 75,
thicknessmode: 'pixels',
len: 0.9,
lenmode: 'fraction',
outlinewidth: 0
}
}];
var layout = {
title: {
text: 'Colorbar Size for Contour Plots'
}
};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
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var data = [ {
z: [[10, 10.625, 12.5, 15.625, 20],
[5.625, 6.25, 8.125, 11.25, 15.625],
[2.5, 3.125, 5., 8.125, 12.5],
[0.625, 1.25, 3.125, 6.25, 10.625],
[0, 0.625, 2.5, 5.625, 10]],
type: 'contour',
colorbar:{
ticks: 'outside',
dtick: 1,
tickwidth: 2,
ticklen: 10,
tickcolor: 'grey',
showticklabels: true,
tickfont: {
size: 15
},
xpad: 50
}
}];
var layout = {
title: {
text: 'Styling Color Bar Ticks for Contour Plots'
}
};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
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