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# Heatmap

![Heatmap layer](https://d1a3f4spazzrp4.cloudfront.net/kepler.gl/documentation/layers-heat-map.png)

Heatmap layers describe the intensity of data at geographical points through a colored overlap. The intensity can be weighted by a numerical field.

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