I've been seeing a lot of Voronoi diagram maps lately, most of them created with D3.js. For example, Jason Davies has been creating or then real interesting Voronoi maps with D3.js, including this much shared World Airports Voronoi.
However I haven't seen many attempts nonetheless to role a Voronoi diagram with 1 of the psyche interactive mapping platforms. Chris Zetter has published a real cool tutorial on how y'all tin larn nigh Building a Voronoi Map with D3 as well as Leaflet. The tutorial is accompanied past times a prove map of UK of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland supermarkets.
The Supermarket Voronoi Map is a map which divides the UK of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland into a issue of regions. Each part contains 1 supermarket, where all the locations inside each part are closer to that supermarket than whatever other.
Using supermarkets for the demonstration map is a bang-up idea, equally it actually helps to pick out the usefulness of Voronoi maps. Shoppers tin role the map to detect their nearest supermarket. You tin fifty-fifty select an private chain of supermarket to detect the nearest branch. For event y'all could role the map to detect your nearest Waitrose.
You tin encounter how a Voronoi map could likewise last real useful to the Supermarket chains themselves. The larger regions on the map could last used (probably amongst a population layer) to set untapped markets as well as possible areas for siting novel stores.
