# What is Heat Map used for
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-heat-map-used-for/241391
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [July 16, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-heat-map-used-for/241391 "2020-07-16T06:10:58Z")
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### Author:  [@Aniket\_Pant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aniket_Pant)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-heat-map-used-for/241391/1 "2020-07-16T06:10:58Z")
I have successfully created the kibana heat map but i don't know the usage and meaning of it?
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### Author:  [@defalt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/defalt)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2020, 6:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-heat-map-used-for/241391/2 "2020-07-16T06:39:12Z")
If you have geodata or something like that the heatmap will show you the locations of hotspots were a lot of data is pointing to. Lets say Event A occurs 10000 times in NYC and 10 times in Europe there will be a big red dot in NYC and a small dot in europe.
[https://www.espatial.com/articles/5-ways-organizations-use-heat-maps](https://www.espatial.com/articles/5-ways-organizations-use-heat-maps)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 6:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-heat-map-used-for/241391/3 "2020-08-13T06:39:18Z")
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