The goal of Making heatmap in ARCGIS

 

 Heat mapping allows us to see the location and distribution of features. Are you most interested in

1. where many points are located or
2. where high and low values for a particular attribute are clustered?

Heat maps can answer both these questions. 

They are particularly useful when many of the points on the map are close together or overlapping, making it difficult to distinguish between features. Heat maps are also effective for displaying layers that contain a large number of points such as the example below.

It’s as easy as two simple steps!

1. Select Heat Map style

2. Explore the options