jquery.flot.downsample.js

/*
 * The MIT License

Copyright (c) 2013 by Sveinn Steinarsson

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*/

(function ($) {
    "use strict";

    var floor = Math.floor,
        abs = Math.abs;

    function largestTriangleThreeBuckets(data, threshold) {

        var data_length = data.length;
        if (threshold >= data_length || threshold === 0) {
            return data; // Nothing to do
        }

        var sampled = [],
            sampled_index = 0;

        // Bucket size. Leave room for start and end data points
        var every = (data_length - 2) / (threshold - 2);

        var a = 0,  // Initially a is the first point in the triangle
            max_area_point,
            max_area,
            area,
            next_a;

        sampled[ sampled_index++ ] = data[ a ]; // Always add the first point

        for (var i = 0; i < threshold - 2; i++) {

            // Calculate point average for next bucket (containing c)
            var avg_x = 0,
                avg_y = 0,
                avg_range_start  = floor( ( i + 1 ) * every ) + 1,
                avg_range_end    = floor( ( i + 2 ) * every ) + 1;
            avg_range_end = avg_range_end < data_length ? avg_range_end : data_length;

            var avg_range_length = avg_range_end - avg_range_start;

            for ( ; avg_range_start<avg_range_end; avg_range_start++ ) {
              avg_x += data[ avg_range_start ][ 0 ] * 1; // * 1 enforces Number (value may be Date)
              avg_y += data[ avg_range_start ][ 1 ] * 1;
            }
            avg_x /= avg_range_length;
            avg_y /= avg_range_length;

            // Get the range for this bucket
            var range_offs = floor( (i + 0) * every ) + 1,
                range_to   = floor( (i + 1) * every ) + 1;

            // Point a
            var point_a_x = data[ a ][ 0 ] * 1, // enforce Number (value may be Date)
                point_a_y = data[ a ][ 1 ] * 1;

            max_area = area = -1;

            for ( ; range_offs < range_to; range_offs++ ) {
                // Calculate triangle area over three buckets
                area = abs( ( point_a_x - avg_x ) * ( data[ range_offs ][ 1 ] - point_a_y ) -
                            ( point_a_x - data[ range_offs ][ 0 ] ) * ( avg_y - point_a_y )
                          ) * 0.5;
                if ( area > max_area ) {
                    max_area = area;
                    max_area_point = data[ range_offs ];
                    next_a = range_offs; // Next a is this b
                }
            }

            sampled[ sampled_index++ ] = max_area_point; // Pick this point from the bucket
            a = next_a; // This a is the next a (chosen b)
        }

        sampled[ sampled_index++ ] = data[ data_length - 1 ]; // Always add last

        return sampled;
    }


    function processRawData ( plot, series ) {
        series.data = largestTriangleThreeBuckets( series.data, series.downsample.threshold );
    }


    var options = {
        series: {
            downsample: {
                threshold: 1000 // 0 disables downsampling for this series.
            }
        }
    };

    function init(plot) {
        plot.hooks.processRawData.push(processRawData);
    }

    $.plot.plugins.push({
        init: init,
        options: options,
        name: "downsample",
        version: "1.0"
    });

})(jQuery);