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Scale

Scales are functions that transform abstract values (e.g., a type of a point mutation) in the data to visual values (e.g., colors that indicate the type).

By default, GenomeSpy configures scales automatically, based on the data type (e.g., ordinal), visual channel, and the data domain. The defaults may not always be optimal, and you can configure them by yourself.

GenomeSpy replicates the majority of the scale types of Vega-Lite. Thus, for the most parts, its documentation applies to GenomeSpy. However, quantile, bin-linear, and bin-ordinal scales are not currently supported.

TODO: More specific differences, some examples

Relation to Vega scales

In fact, GenomeSpy uses Vega scales, which are based on d3-scale.