I am working on an application that uses foursquare data.
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I'm not sure I understand what is your problem but I've decided to try to create that chart from you screenshot with sample data from your plunker. Here is my result:
My script is making sure that smaller circle is always on top of the rage one so both circles are always visible. Here you can find my code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v5.min.js"></script>
<style>
html {
font-family: sans-serif;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
</div>
<script>
const data = [{
"name": "Twitter",
"vists": "15 billion",
"unit": "per day",
"layer1value": 15000000,
"layer2value": 450
}, {
"name": "Facebook",
"vists": "5 billion",
"unit": "per day",
"layer1value": 4000000,
"layer2value": 5000000
}, {
"name": "Google",
"vists": "5 billion",
"unit": "per day",
"layer1value": 5000000,
"layer2value": 25000
}, {
"name": "Netflix",
"vists": "10 billion",
"unit": "per day",
"layer1value": 3000000,
"layer2value": 2200
}, {
"name": "Ebay",
"vists": "8 billion",
"unit": "per day",
"layer1value": 2500000,
"layer2value": 4900000
}, {
"name": "Klout",
"vists": "2 billion",
"unit": "per day",
"layer1value": 1000000,
"layer2value": 45
}];
/*
* Finding max and min layer size
*/
const values = data.reduce((acumulator, datum) => [...acumulator, datum.layer1value, datum.layer2value], []);
const maxValue = Math.max(...values);
const minValue = Math.min(...values);
/*
* Creating scale based on the smallest and largest layer1value or layer2value
*/
const radiusScale = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain([minValue, maxValue])
.range([10, 150]); // min and max value of the circle
const width = 900;
const height = 500;
const orangeColour = '#ffb000';
const blueColour = '#00a1ff';
// Creating svg element
const svg = d3.select('#container').append('svg').attr('width', width).attr('height', height);
let xPos = 0; // position of circle
/*
* iterate over each datum and render all associated elements: two circles, and two labels with pointer lines
*/
for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
const d = data[i]; // current data point
const currMaxRadius = radiusScale(Math.max(d.layer1value, d.layer2value)); // get largest radius within current group of two layers
xPos += currMaxRadius; // add that radius to xPos
// create group element containing all view elements for current datum
const group = svg.append('g')
.attr('transform', `translate(${xPos}, ${height / 2})`);
group.append('circle')
.attr('r', radiusScale(d.layer1value))
.style('fill', blueColour);
group.insert('circle', d.layer2value > d.layer1value ? ':first-child' : null) // if layer2value is larger than layer1value then insert this circle before the previous one
.attr('r', radiusScale(d.layer2value))
.style('fill', orangeColour);
xPos += currMaxRadius * 0.9;
/*
* ADDING LABEL UNDERNEATH THE CIRCLES
*/
group.append('text')
.text(d.name)
.attr('dy', radiusScale(maxValue) + 40) // add 40px of padding so label is not just bellow the circle
.style('text-anchor', 'middle');
group.append('line')
.attr('y1', radiusScale(d.layer2value))
.attr('y2', radiusScale(maxValue) + 20) // add 20px of padding so the pointer line is not overlapping with label
.style('stroke', orangeColour);
/*
* ADDING LABEL AT THE ANGLE OF 45deg RELATIVE TO THE CIRCLES
*/
// we are creating new group element so we can easily rotate both line and label by -45deg
const rotatedLabelGroup = group.append('g').style('transform', 'rotate(-45deg)');
rotatedLabelGroup.append('line')
.attr('x1', radiusScale(d.layer2value))
.attr('x2', radiusScale(maxValue) + 20)
.style('stroke', orangeColour);
rotatedLabelGroup.append('text')
.text(d.vists)
.attr('dx', radiusScale(maxValue))
.attr('dy', -5); // this way label is slightly above the line
}
</script>
</body>