Complete tree of life visualization using d3 and Catalog of Life

If you want a phylogenetic tree navigator demo that will blow your mind, check out the extremely smooth hyperbolic tree demo from js_of_ocaml:

https://ocsigen.org/js_of_ocaml/2.6/files/hyperbolic/index.h...

I fantasize about this being applied to a more exhaustive tree of life. You could almost make a game out of it.

Oh dear The Taxacom experts are less than enthusiastic ...

   « Hi all, I can't say that I would recommend this so-called
    "tree". It is not only incomplete, but it is not really a tree (just a series
    of interconnected bushes). The most noticeable is the omission of a lot of photosynthetic phyla,
    such as Chlorophyta and Rhodophyta, and especially most taxa in Kingdom
    Chromista (where are the diatoms, phaeophytes, xanthophytes, chrysophytes,
    etc.). This "tree" needs a lot of work. 

http://markmail.org/message/h32kgtoum6zri3ev?q=thread:3mg7wc...

Or this http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/evolution/research#/ev...

This is very nicely done, but I wouldn't call it a "visualization", more of a "navigator". However, in the best kind of interface design, the data is the interface, and I'm all for that.

This would be absurdly cool if it pulled in Wikimedia images and/or called up the corresponding Wikipedia articles in a frame.

I've always wanted to use D3 for something but can never find a reason to use it!

Very nice.. Found my own species in a few click!