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Interactive tool animates transition between Mercator and Equal Earth projections
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Simon Willison built an interactive D3 visualization that morphs between Mercator and Equal Earth projections, using GPT-6 Astra in ChatGPT Work.
This tool helps engineers and cartographers visualize the trade-offs between map projections, especially as Equal Earth gains attention at the UN. It also shows how AI tools like GPT-6 Astra can accelerate building interactive D3 visualizations.
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The tool is an interactive animated map that morphs between Mercator and Equal Earth projections.
It was built by Simon Willison using GPT-6 Astra (medium) in ChatGPT Work with D3.
The Equal Earth projection was recently voted on at the UN.
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