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better symlog ticks#288

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@Fil Fil commented Feb 23, 2026

Adopt a heuristic for symlog ticks that maps regular intervals in pixel space back to data space, using a local derivative to infer "nice" ticks locally.

symlog scales typically span several orders of magnitude, so SI feels like the most appropriate tickFormat.

demo: https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/better-symlog-ticks-288

Capture d’écran 2026-02-23 à 23 00 19

closes #162
closes observablehq/plot#1817

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Symlog Ticks Nicer symlog ticks?

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