Heat Maps in the Real World
June 26, 2008
Currently Heatmaps are widely used in science and the financial sector. Heat maps are an excellent way to visualise data, the reader instinctively knows what the information means.
To illustrate this by example, these Heatmaps are used on various financial and stock market Web sites. Nasdaq.com and SmartMoney.com both use heat maps to show stock price and various market sector performance at-a-glance.
Visitors to these sites can mouse over or drill down to get further details about a stock’s current performance.
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