What Does Heat Map View Mean?
A heat map view is a view of a particular visual dashboard where sets of data are represented with different color coding, in the same way that a thermal image represents heat. In many of these heat map views, viewers can more easily interpret a range of data that could be more confusing if viewed through conventional means, for example, in tables in a database.
Techopedia Explains Heat Map View
The idea is that a heat map presents complex data in ways that humans can easily understand. For example, suppose that there are values for every part of a geographical map of a state – suppose those values have to do with something like localized volumes of sales. In a heat map view, each pixel on the map of the state represents that geographical area. The computer tabulates the sales for that particular area, and uses a range of colors to color code the intensity of sales activity. Again, it is like a thermal image – where red might represent anything from 90 to 100 degrees Farenheit, the red in the sales heat map view could represent the highest quantity of sales, such as 900 to 1000 units sold. Going down the color wheel, the heat map view shows the lesser amounts of sales with the colors orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.
