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If you have point data, heat map will be a suggested style option.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select the Heat Map style<\/li>\n<li>Explore the Style options to adjust color and density<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1>Apply your knowledge<\/h1>\n<p>If your data contains numeric attributes, the heat map can weight this data to calculate the optimal display. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=c6afe4583c9443a0bb9d2908c4c53d57\">this heat map<\/a> of traffic collisions, the number of injuries is applied as a weight. The weighted heat map on the right has more cool spots in the San Francisco, Central Valley, and Southern California areas compared to the unweighted version on the left. Whereas the clusters in Chico, Northern California, are much hotter. 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With smart mapping providing a strong foundation for the data, it is easy to customize the style further to create the map for your needs. For an interactive tutorial on the heat mapping style, see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/3ef205864b434afe9365dbe3476c646d\">this story map<\/a>. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/create-maps\/style-location-mv.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_2DFD98C91EAE47A4BAE846E5DE75E978\">official help documentation<\/a> for more information. For more smart mapping tutorials, check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/collections\/9dd9f03ac2554da4af78b42020fb40c1\">StoryMap collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Try it out today, and when ready share your maps with the hashtag #smartmapping and #ArcGISOnline.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><em>This article was originally published April 2017 and has been updated July 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":7031,"user_firstname":"Julia","user_lastname":"Holtzclaw","nickname":"Julia Holtzclaw","user_nicename":"juliah_esri","display_name":"Julia Holtzclaw","user_email":"JHoltzclaw@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:19:08","user_description":"Julia Holtzclaw is a Senior Product Engineer on Esri's Demographic Data Development team. 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