Interactive cartography involves the use of dynamic mapping tools to better visualize geographic information. While cartographic principles remain an integral part of the process, interactive cartography emphasizes mapmaking and map interfaces over map usage and cartographic design.
D3.js is a JavaScript library for bringing data to life using HTML, SVG and CSS. D3 provides the full capabilities of modern browsers without tying itself to a proprietary framework, combining powerful visualization components and a data-driven approach to DOM manipulation.
DataTables is a plug-in for the jQuery Javascript library. It is a highly flexible tool, based upon the foundations of progressive enhancement, which adds advanced interaction controls to any HTML table. The table shown above was built for the World Geography course I teach to display U.N. data sets for various countries
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