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		r-w on June 6, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Map of immigration to the U.S. since 1820 This is an amazing chart! I wish you’d used great circles (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle) though.

mgalka on June 6, 2016 [–]

Thanks. They actually are great circles, generated using arc.js. As they approach the poles the arcs look a little funny, but that is only because it is a cylindrical map projection.

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