{"id":2773,"date":"2017-06-09T01:27:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T01:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/?p=2773"},"modified":"2020-09-02T19:55:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T19:55:44","slug":"how-to-create-a-geographical-heat-map-in-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/?p=2773","title":{"rendered":"How to create a Geographical Heat Map in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">Heat Map is quite popular in the GIS world which can be produced in various GIS software, I have written a tutorial on <a href=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/software\/heat-map-using-qgis\">How to Create Heat Map using QGIS Software.<\/a> This tutorial will show creating a heat map using <a href=\"https:\/\/basicexceltutorial.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft Excel<\/a> version from 2013 to 2017. On this excel version, you can download the app and use them for a specific reason. For creating a heat map we will be using <b>Geographic Heat Map <\/b>App and it is free<b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">1.<\/span> <\/b>Open your Excel sheet then go to <b>Insert &gt; My Apps.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">2.<\/span> <\/b>Then click on the<b> Store <\/b>and type text<b> Geographic Heat Map <\/b>on the<b> search <\/b>box<b>. <\/b>Then click on the<b> Add <\/b>button.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Geographic Heat Map \" src=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image_thumb-1.png\" alt=\"Geographic Heat Map \" width=\"622\" height=\"387\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">3.<\/span> <\/strong>After adding the app, the first time it will automatically open the Geographical Heat Map window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Geographic Heat Map Option\" src=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image_thumb-2.png\" alt=\"Geographic Heat Map Option\" width=\"622\" height=\"444\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am using the following data.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Data Table\" src=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image_thumb-3.png\" alt=\"Data Table\" width=\"169\" height=\"201\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Also Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/blog\/create-maps-on-microsoft-excel-2013-using-power-map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Create Maps on Microsoft Excel 2013 using Power Map<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">4.<\/span> <\/strong>Then click on the <strong>Get<\/strong> <strong>Started<\/strong> button, next window will pop out. Select the data by using the <strong>Select Data<\/strong> button. Under <strong>Choose map<\/strong> select <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">World<\/span><\/strong>, <strong>Regions<\/strong> will take <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Name<\/span><\/strong> field and <strong>Values<\/strong> field will have <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Value<\/span><\/strong>. Also, assign the <strong>Color theme<\/strong> and Map <strong>Title<\/strong>. Finally hit <strong>Save<\/strong> button to create a map.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Settings Window\" src=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image_thumb-4.png\" alt=\"Settings Window\" width=\"622\" height=\"452\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">5.<\/span> <\/strong>Final Output map by the<b><b> Geographic Heat Map <\/b>App.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Output heat map\" src=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image_thumb-5.png\" alt=\"Output heat map\" width=\"624\" height=\"422\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">6.<\/span> <\/strong>IF you want to edit the values, click on the <strong>setting<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/image_thumb-6.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"624\" height=\"422\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heat Map is quite popular in the GIS world which can be produced in various GIS software, I have written a tutorial on How to Create Heat Map using QGIS Software. 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