References
The Library
- npm: `mlc-isometric-heatmap`
- Source code: github.com/mlechner911/mlcheatmap
Installation instructions, full options specification, and quickstart documentation are available in the project's README.md.
Concept Documents
The mathematical derivations behind the geometries are located in the repository under docs/ — detailing projection formulas, Bezier calculations for ribbons, and surface normal shading vectors:
docs/spec_and_examples.md— isometric projection fundamentalsdocs/3d_mesh_concept.md— continuous terrain mesh triangulationdocs/flatribbon.md— floating ribbon geometrydocs/gradients.md— gradient color interpolationdocs/height_grid.md— background scale wallsdocs/null_values.md— handling missing datadocs/series_shapes_and_wrapping.md— series shapes and group layouts
Related Projects
- MLC Terminal — Terminal with telemetry monitoring leveraging tools from the same ecosystem
- The MCP Handbook — for making data accessible to language models rather than drawing it
Formats and Standards
- SVG 1.1 — the open vector standard
- Isometric Projection