Submitted by fizzSortBubbleBuzz t3_10tw0tu in dataisbeautiful
DirtyBottomsPottery t1_j79kwji wrote
I'm mostly just confused by the concept of "heatmap." Why not just say popularity?
jang859 t1_j79vscr wrote
This graphic is an example of a heatmap type chart.
DirtyBottomsPottery t1_j7a270q wrote
If you're not going to address my question, why would you respond? Obviously this is an example of a heatmap chart. You're not helping.
jang859 t1_j7b4260 wrote
I googled heatmap wiki and the entry comes up.
It's one of those things, once you know what it is you'll realize you've seen thousands of these charts before. Just didn't know what they were called.
DirtyBottomsPottery t1_j7bd794 wrote
You're right, I should have just googled it.
DirtyBottomsPottery t1_j7bduae wrote
So it's density/magnitude of a particular phenomena represented in a space, in this particular instance the popularity of arby's.
Yay subtle advertisements for smart people.
fizzSortBubbleBuzz OP t1_j7gdteu wrote
I was corrected by a couple of people here. Turns out it is a "Choropleth Map"
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