This section documents API usage specific to this template, so for an introduction we suggest you refer to the generic API documentation instead.

Template data

There are three different formats in which you can supply data to this template. The most convenient for you to use likely depends on the source of your data, as described below.

1. Array of arrays, and a bindings object

You can supply arrays of arrays to opts.data, which might look like:

{
    data: {
        events: [
            [ "EventsColumn1Value1", "EventsColumn2Value1",
            [ "EventsColumn1Value2", "EventsColumn2Value2",
            [ "EventsColumn1Value3", "EventsColumn2Value3",
            ...
        ],
        regions: [
            [ "RegionsColumn1Value1", "RegionsColumn2Value1",
            [ "RegionsColumn1Value2", "RegionsColumn2Value2",
            [ "RegionsColumn1Value3", "RegionsColumn2Value3",
            ...
        ]
    }
}

where each array of arrays represents the rows in a data sheet.

To tell the API how the values from each column should be associated with the keys that the template is expecting, you must also supply an object attached to opts.bindings. (The meanings of the keys in the bindings object are documented below.) The minimal bindings you can supply for this template are as shown in this example:

{
    template: "@flourish/time-map",
    version: "4",
    bindings: {
        events: {
            lat: 0, // index of a column in your data
            lon: 1, // index of a column in your data
        },
        regions: {
            
        }
    },
    data: {
        events: [
            [ "EventsColumn1Value1", "EventsColumn2Value1",
            [ "EventsColumn1Value2", "EventsColumn2Value2",
            [ "EventsColumn1Value3", "EventsColumn2Value3",
            ...
        ],
        regions: [
            [ "RegionsColumn1Value1", "RegionsColumn2Value1",
            [ "RegionsColumn1Value2", "RegionsColumn2Value2",
            [ "RegionsColumn1Value3", "RegionsColumn2Value3",
            ...
        ]
    }
}

All possible bindings that you can supply are shown in this example:

{
    template: "@flourish/time-map",
    version: "4",
    bindings: {
        events: {
            lat: 0, // index of a column in your data
            lon: 1, // index of a column in your data
            start_timestamp: 2, // index of a column in your data
            end_timestamp: 3, // index of a column in your data
            metadata: [4, 5, ...], // index(es) of column(s) in your data
            category: 6, // index of a column in your data
            scale: 7, // index of a column in your data
            color: 8, // index of a column in your data
            count: 9, // index of a column in your data
            group: 10, // index of a column in your data
        },
        regions: {
            geojson: 0, // index of a column in your data
        }
    },
    data: {
        events: [
            [ "EventsColumn1Value1", "EventsColumn2Value1",
            [ "EventsColumn1Value2", "EventsColumn2Value2",
            [ "EventsColumn1Value3", "EventsColumn2Value3",
            ...
        ],
        regions: [
            [ "RegionsColumn1Value1", "RegionsColumn2Value1",
            [ "RegionsColumn1Value2", "RegionsColumn2Value2",
            [ "RegionsColumn1Value3", "RegionsColumn2Value3",
            ...
        ]
    }
}

2. Array of objects with arbitrary keys, and a bindings object

This format is most likely useful when you have data from an external source, such as CSV data loaded from d3-dsv. You should supply this attached to the opts.data, which might look like:

{
        events: [
            { "EventsHeader1": ..., "EventsHeader2": ..., ... },
            { "EventsHeader1": ..., "EventsHeader2": ..., ... },
            { "EventsHeader1": ..., "EventsHeader2": ..., ... },
            ...
        ],
        regions: [
            { "RegionsHeader1": ..., "RegionsHeader2": ..., ... },
            { "RegionsHeader1": ..., "RegionsHeader2": ..., ... },
            { "RegionsHeader1": ..., "RegionsHeader2": ..., ... },
            ...
        ]
    }

... but with the keys being the column headers from your source data instead. You must also supply an object attached to opts.bindings. The minimal bindings you can supply for this template are as shown in this example:

{
    template: "@flourish/time-map",
    version: "4",
    bindings: {
        events: {
            lat: "EventsHeader1",
            lon: "EventsHeader2",
        },
        regions: {
            
        }
    },
    data: {
        events: [
            { "EventsHeader1": ..., "EventsHeader2": ..., ... },
            { "EventsHeader1": ..., "EventsHeader2": ..., ... },
            { "EventsHeader1": ..., "EventsHeader2": ..., ... },
            ...
        ],
        regions: [
            { "RegionsHeader1": ..., "RegionsHeader2": ..., ... },
            { "RegionsHeader1": ..., "RegionsHeader2": ..., ... },
            { "RegionsHeader1": ..., "RegionsHeader2": ..., ... },
            ...
        ]
    }
}

All possible bindings that you can supply are shown in this example:

{
    template: "@flourish/time-map",
    version: "4",
    bindings: {
        events: {
            lat: "EventsHeader1",
            lon: "EventsHeader2",
            start_timestamp: "EventsHeader3",
            end_timestamp: "EventsHeader4",
            metadata: ["EventsHeader5", "EventsHeader6", ...],
            category: "EventsHeader7",
            scale: "EventsHeader8",
            color: "EventsHeader9",
            count: "EventsHeader10",
            group: "EventsHeader11",
        },
        regions: {
            geojson: "RegionsHeader1",
        }
    },
    data: {
        events: [
            { "EventsHeader1": ..., "EventsHeader2": ..., ... },
            { "EventsHeader1": ..., "EventsHeader2": ..., ... },
            { "EventsHeader1": ..., "EventsHeader2": ..., ... },
            ...
        ],
        regions: [
            { "RegionsHeader1": ..., "RegionsHeader2": ..., ... },
            { "RegionsHeader1": ..., "RegionsHeader2": ..., ... },
            { "RegionsHeader1": ..., "RegionsHeader2": ..., ... },
            ...
        ]
    }
}

(As before, the keys containing "Header" would be replaced by column names from your data source.)

3. Array of objects with template-defined keys

There is an alternative format you can use, which is likely to be easier to use if your data is not from a spreadsheet source. With this alternative format you supply your data to the template as an array of objects, attached to opts.data, where the keys must be those used by the template, as documented below. In this case there is no need to supply a bindings object, since the key names are already those expected by the template. The required properties in the data object are as follows (scroll down for a description of what each property is):

{
    template: "@flourish/time-map",
    version: "4",
    data: {
    events: [
        {
            lat: ...,
            lon: ...,
            metadata: [...]
        },
        ...
    ]
},
    ...
}

And the full list of all possible properties is as follows:

{
    template: "@flourish/time-map",
    version: "4",
    data: {
    events: [
        {
            lat: ...,
            lon: ...,
            start_timestamp: ...,
            end_timestamp: ...,
            metadata: [...],
            category: ...,
            scale: ...,
            color: ...,
            count: ...,
            group: ...
        },
        ...
    ],
    regions: [
        {
            geojson: ...
        },
        ...
    ]
},
    ...
}

Meanings of the template data keys:

• events.lat: lat
• events.lon: lon
• events.start_timestamp: Determines when the circles appear. If left blank all the points will appear at once. If selected, creates a timeline and shows dots over time. The date format must be specified in the settings panel.
• events.end_timestamp: Determines when the circles disappear. If not specified the circle remains for the default duration specified in the settings panel.
• events.metadata: One or more columns to show in the popups
• events.category: Used to categorise points, and to determine their colour when using a categorical colour palette.
• events.scale: Determines the size of the circles.
• events.color: Determines the colour of the circles when using sequential or divering colour palettes.
• events.count: Determines how much each row is counted for by the counter. If not bound to a column, each row's count is treated as one.
• events.group: Rows with the same ID will animate over time
• regions.geojson: geojson

Template settings

Options for opts.state.

Points

event_style string

Appearance.

date_format string

Date/time format in data. The date/time format in your data sheet. If it isn’t in the list, you can enter a custom format using d3-time-format syntax. See npmjs.com/package/d3-time-format for details.

count_by string

Count by. Determines how much each point contributes to the values in the counter and timeline graph, if applicable. Choosing 'count' will use the total number of points, whereas choosing 'scale' or 'color' will accumulate the scale or color values of each point.

empty_category_include boolean

Fallback category. Creates a new "other" category for uncategorised points

empty_category_label string

Label.

display_below_labels boolean

Draw map labels in front of points.

default_size number

Default size.

min_size number

Min size.

max_size number

Max size.

scale_with_zoom boolean

Scale with zoom.

min_scale_zoom number

Min zoom.

max_scale_zoom number

Max zoom.

default_color color

Default color.

event_opacity number

Opacity.

default_color_is_zero boolean

Fallback to zero. When enabled, invalid or missing colour values are treated as zero. When disabled, these values will fall back to the default colour value intead.

blend_mode string

Blend mode. Determines how point colors mix with the map or points beneath them. Additive adds the colours together making points appear to glow, and works best on darker maps. Subtractive subtracts colours from their background like ink on paper, and works best on lighter maps.

color_palette.scale_type string

Scale type.

color_palette.categorical_type string

color_palette.categorical_palette colors

Palette.

color_palette.categorical_extend boolean

Auto-extend. Automatically generate additional colours when needed to avoid the palette colours being used more than once.

color_palette.categorical_seed_color color

Seed color. Initial color in generated sequence (avoid shades of grey).

color_palette.categorical_rotation_angle number

Hue rotation angle. Angle, in degrees, between one generated colour and the next. The default value, ~360/(Golden ratio), ensures adjacent hues are not too similar.

color_palette.categorical_color_space string

color_palette.categorical_custom_palette text

Custom overrides. Type the name of the entity whose colour you want to set, a colon and then a colour (using a name, hex-code or rgb declaration). Multiple colours can be set using multiple lines. For example:

---

Party 1: red
Party 2: #4455AA
Party 3: rgb(30,168,26)

color_palette.sequential_palette string

Palette.

color_palette.sequential_custom_min color

Minimum color.

color_palette.sequential_custom_max color

Maximum color.

color_palette.sequential_color_space string

color_palette.sequential_reverse boolean

Reverse scale.

color_palette.diverging_palette string

Palette.

color_palette.diverging_custom_min color

Minimum color.

color_palette.diverging_custom_mid color

Midpoint color.

color_palette.diverging_custom_max color

Maximum color.

color_palette.diverging_color_space string

color_palette.diverging_reverse boolean

Reverse scale.

event_stroke_mode string

Outline mode.

event_stroke_opacity number

Opacity.

event_stroke_width number

Width.

event_stroke_color color

Colour.

Timeline

timeline.enabled boolean

timeline.color_axes color

Axes color.

timeline.date_format_display string

X axis date format.

timeline.axis_nice_x boolean

Clean X axis. Rounds out the X axis so that its start and end values are nice, round numbers

timeline.axis_nice_y boolean

Clean Y axis. Rounds out the Y axis so that its start and end values are nice, round dates

timeline.scrubber_snap boolean

Snap when scrubbing. When turned on, you can only jump to values that are supplied in the dataset and nothing in between

timeline.play_on_load boolean

Play on load.

timeline.loop boolean

Loop timeline. When turned on, the timeline will return to the beginning once complete. Otherwise, it will stop when it reaches the end.

timeline.scrubber_height number

Scrubber height.

timeline.margin.top number

Top.

timeline.margin.left number

Left.

timeline.margin.bottom number

Bottom.

timeline.margin.right number

Right.

timeline.playback_button.margin_right number

Space between button and timeline.

timeline.graph boolean

Visibility.

timeline.color_background color

Background.

timeline.curve boolean

Curved lines.

timeline.graph_height number

Graph height.

timeline.playback_button.button_color color

Button colour.

timeline.playback_button.button_size number

Button size.

timeline.playback_button.icon_color color

Icon colour.

timeline.playback_button.icon_size number

Icon size.

timeline.duration number

Timeline duration (s). Total duration of the timeline during normal playback.

timeline.duration_tween number

Time transition duration (s). Duration of transitions between different points in time on the timeline. This is the transition you see in the story player when switching between slides with a different time one the timeline.

timeline.duration_wait_at_end number

Time spent before looping (s). Amount of time to wait at the end of the timeline before looping.

timeline.duration_pulse number

Pulse duration (s). The amount of time that it takes for an point to appear and disappear, in seconds.

Counter

counter_enabled boolean

Enable counter.

counter_position string

Position.

counter_layout string

Layout.

counter_hide_values boolean

Hide counter values.

counter_colorize boolean

Colour values based on category.

counter_category_order_enabled boolean

Manually select category order.

counter_category_order text

Category order. Include your categories in the order you want them to appear, with one category per line.

counter_options_type string

counter_options_seconds boolean

Seconds.

counter_options_minutes boolean

Minutes.

counter_options_hours boolean

Hours.

counter_options_days boolean

Days.

counter_options_weeks boolean

Weeks.

counter_options_months boolean

Months.

counter_options_years boolean

Years.

counter_bin_mode string

Aggregation options.

counter_color_text color

Colour.

counter_color_shadow color

Shadow.

counter_alpha_shadow number

Shadow opacity.

counter_color_text_legend color

Text colour.

counter_legend_background color

Background color.

counter_label_rate string

"Rate" button.

counter_label_total string

"Total" button.

Base map

map.style_enabled boolean

map.style_base string

Map style.

map.style_monochrome_color color

Map base color.

map.style_custom_json code

Custom JSON style data. Include your own custom mapbox-gl-js style for full control over your maps' appearance. Note that we use tiles that match the OpenMapTiles schema, so it's recommended that you use Maputnik to create your styles.

map.style_show_borders boolean

Display borders.

map.style_show_roads boolean

Display transport.

map.style_show_labels boolean

Display labels.

map.style_show_landuse boolean

Display land use.

map.style_show_water boolean

Display water.

map.map_language_auto boolean

Detect language. Automatically changes the language used on the base map to match the viewer's language settings.

map.map_language_alts boolean

Display alternatives. Whether or not to display latin alternatives for non-latin languages (or vice versa)

map.map_language string

Language.

map.map_zoom_min number

Min zoom.

map.map_zoom_max number

Max zoom.

map.map_bound_position boolean

Limit viewport bounds.

map.map_lat_min number

Min latitude.

map.map_lat_max number

Max latitude.

map.map_lng_min number

Min longitude.

map.map_lng_max number

Max longitude.

map.map_initial_type string

Initial viewport. By default, the initial viewport of the map is automatically set to include every visible object. The "centroid" option allows you to select a custom latitude, longitude and zoom. The "bounds" option lets you specify a custom bounding box for the viewport to enclose.

map.map_initial_pitch number

Pitch.

map.map_initial_bearing number

Bearing.

map.map_initial_lat number

Latitude.

map.map_initial_lng number

Longitude.

map.map_initial_zoom number

Zoom.

map.map_initial_bounds_lat_min number

Min latitude.

map.map_initial_bounds_lng_min number

Min longitude.

map.map_initial_bounds_lat_max number

Max latitude.

map.map_initial_bounds_lng_max number

Max longitude.

map.map_interactive boolean

Allow user interaction.

map.map_hijack_scroll boolean

Require cmd/ctrl to zoom when scrolling.

map.controls_geolocator_enabled boolean

Use geolocator control.

map.controls_geolocator_alignment string

Geolocator control position.

map.controls_fullscreen_enabled boolean

Use fullscreen control.

map.controls_fullscreen_alignment string

Fullscreen control position.

map.animation_enabled boolean

Enable animation.

map.animation_speed number

Speed.

Inset map

minimap.minimap_display boolean

Display map.

minimap.minimap_rotate boolean

Rotate with camera.

minimap.minimap_custom_colors boolean

Customise colours.

minimap.minimap_fill color

Region fill color.

minimap.minimap_ocean_color color

Ocean color.

minimap.minimap_stroke color

Region stroke color.

minimap.minimap_outline color

Outline color.

minimap.minimap_show_bounds boolean

Display viewport bounds.

minimap.minimap_bounds_color color

Region bounds color.

minimap.minimap_bounds_opacity number

Region bounds opacity.

minimap.minimap_size_type string

Size units.

minimap.minimap_size_desktop_pixels number

Pixels (desktop).

minimap.minimap_size_mobile_pixels number

Pixels (mobile).

minimap.minimap_size_desktop_viewport number

Screen % (desktop).

minimap.minimap_size_mobile_viewport number

Screen % (mobile).

Popups

popup.show_popups boolean

Popups.

popup.is_custom boolean

Popup contents.

popup.custom_template text

Popup content. The text to appear in the popup. You can use {{column_name}} to add a value from your data. It must be in a selected column, but you can add columns to “Metadata” if you just want to include them for use in the popup. Advanced users can include HTML to apply layouts, formatting, images, etc.

popup.show_pointer boolean

Pointer.

popup.show_shadow boolean

Shadow.

popup.style_popups boolean

Custom styling.

popup.text_color color

Text colour.

popup.align string

Alignment.

popup.font_size number

Font size.

popup.fill_color color

Fill colour.

popup.opacity number

Fill opacity.

popup.padding number

Padding.

popup.border_radius number

Radius. Corner radius of popup

popup_click_to_select boolean

Selection type.

popup_periodic_enabled boolean

Cycle through popups over time.

popup_periodic_cull boolean

Only cycle through visible points. Points out of the frame will not be selected when cycling through popups.

popup_periodic_interval number

Cycle interval (s).

Localization

localization.input_decimal_separator string

Decimal separator in data sheet. Used for interpreting your data. Only change if data is not displaying on the chart as expected.

localization.output_separators string

Number format to display. How the numbers should appear on chart labels

formatter.prefix string

Prefix. Text to place in front of number

formatter.suffix string

Suffix. Text to place after number

formatter.n_dec number

Decimal places. Use negative integers to round to positive powers of ten (eg -2 rounds to the nearest 100)

formatter.strip_zeros boolean

Remove trailing zeros.

formatter.strip_separator boolean

Hide thousands separator below 10,000. Turn off if you want four-digit numbers to include a separator, e.g. “1,234” rather than “1234”.

formatter.transform_labels boolean

Multiply/divide values.

formatter.transform string

formatter.multiply_divide_constant number

formatter.exponentiate_constant number

Layout

layout.body_font font

Main font. This font will apply to the whole graphic by default, but you can optionally change the font for the title, subtitle, footer, etc in the Header and Footer settings panels.

layout.font_color color

Text color. This color will apply to the whole graphic by default, but you can optionally change the color for individual text elements, in other settings panels.

layout.background_color_enabled boolean

Color.

layout.background_image_enabled boolean

Image.

layout.background_color color

Background color.

layout.background_image_src url

Image URL.

layout.background_image_size string

Size.

layout.background_image_position string

Position.

layout.max_width_target string

Maximum width. Apply a maximum width to just the main graphic or everything (main graphic plus header, footer, etc)

layout.max_width number

Maximum width. Leave blank to stretch to container width

layout.max_width_align string

Align.

layout.layout_order string

Layout order.

layout.space_between_sections string

Space between sections.

layout.space_between_sections_custom number

Custom.

layout.margin_top number

Top.

layout.margin_right number

Right.

layout.margin_bottom number

Bottom.

layout.margin_left number

Left.

layout.border.enabled boolean

Show borders around visualisation.

layout.border.top.width number

Top.

layout.border.top.style string

Style.

layout.border.top.color color

Color.

layout.border.right.width number

Right.

layout.border.right.style string

Style.

layout.border.right.color color

Color.

layout.border.bottom.width number

Bottom.

layout.border.bottom.style string

Style.

layout.border.bottom.color color

Color.

layout.border.left.width number

Left.

layout.border.left.style string

Style.

layout.border.left.color color

Color.

Header

layout.header_align string

Alignment.

layout.title string

layout.title_styling boolean

Change title styles.

layout.title_font font

Title Font.

layout.title_size string

Size.

layout.title_size_custom number

Custom. Specify a custom responsive font size. Best results will be with values between 1.2 and 3

layout.title_weight string

Weight.

layout.title_color color

Color.

layout.title_line_height number

Line height.

layout.title_space_above string

Space above.

layout.title_space_above_custom number

Custom.

layout.subtitle string

layout.subtitle_styling boolean

Change subtitle styles.

layout.subtitle_font font

Subtitle Font.

layout.subtitle_size string

Size.

layout.subtitle_size_custom number

Custom. Specify a custom responsive font size. Best results will be with values between 1.2 and 3

layout.subtitle_weight string

Weight.

layout.subtitle_color color

Color.

layout.subtitle_line_height number

Line height.

layout.subtitle_space_above string

Space above.

layout.subtitle_space_above_custom number

Custom.

layout.header_text string

layout.header_text_styling boolean

Styling.

layout.header_text_size string

Size.

layout.header_text_size_custom number

Custom. Specify a custom responsive font size. Best results will be with values between 1.2 and 3

layout.header_text_weight string

Weight.

layout.header_text_color color

Color.

layout.header_text_line_height number

Line height.

layout.header_text_space_above string

Space above.

layout.header_text_space_above_custom number

Custom.

layout.header_border string

layout.header_border_width number

Width.

layout.header_border_color color

Color.

layout.header_border_style string

Style.

layout.header_border_space number

Space. Space between border and header text

layout.header_logo_enabled boolean

layout.header_logo_src url

URL.

layout.header_logo_height number

Height.

layout.header_logo_align string

Align. Align logo inside header or outer visualisation container

layout.header_logo_position_inside string

Position.

layout.header_logo_position_outside string

Position.

layout.header_logo_margin_top number

Top.

layout.header_logo_margin_right number

Right.

layout.header_logo_margin_bottom number

Bottom.

layout.header_logo_margin_left number

Left.

Footer

layout.footer_align string

Alignment.

layout.footer_text_size number

Size.

layout.footer_text_color color

Color.

layout.footer_styling boolean

Advanced footer styles.

layout.footer_font font

Font.

layout.source_name string

Source name.

layout.source_url string

Source url.

layout.multiple_sources boolean

Multiple sources.

layout.source_name_2 string

Source name.

layout.source_url_2 string

Source url.

layout.source_name_3 string

Source name.

layout.source_url_3 string

Source url.

layout.source_label string

Source label.

layout.footer_note string

Note.

layout.footer_note_secondary string

Note (secondary). The secondary note is placed below the source and primary note

layout.footer_logo_enabled boolean

Image.

layout.footer_logo_src url

Image.

layout.footer_logo_src_light hidden

Image (light version). If provided this version will be used whenever the background colour is dark

layout.footer_logo_link_url string

Link.

layout.footer_logo_height number

Height.

layout.footer_logo_margin number

Margin.

layout.footer_logo_order string

Position.

layout.footer_align_vertical string

V. align.

layout.footer_border string

layout.footer_border_width number

Width.

layout.footer_border_color color

Color.

layout.footer_border_style string

Style.

layout.footer_border_space number

Space. Space between border and footer text