# Heat map not longer working **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [June 11, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/heat-map-not-longer-working/13267 "2020-06-11T10:43:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robert\_taylor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/robert_taylor/32/2660_2.png) [@robert\_taylor](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/robert_taylor)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/heat-map-not-longer-working/13267/1 "2020-06-11T10:43:26Z")
Hi The observations heat map: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/map#3/-2.22/25.265](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/map#3/-2.22/25.265) is just an orange blur. Can this be returned to how it was? Thank you ---
**Author:** ![exonie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@exonie](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/exonie)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/heat-map-not-longer-working/13267/2 "2020-06-11T15:48:47Z")
I think that’s by design. What’s wrong about it? It’s not _just_ an orange blur - if you zoom, you can see not all areas are orange and the intensity of the orange corresponds to the density of observations. And if you zoom still more - you will see the individual pins. If you are looking for the “squared” view, it’s here: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations) It’s a different page with different behavior ---
**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/heat-map-not-longer-working/13267/3 "2020-06-11T16:44:07Z")
It used to be multiple colors [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/show-heatmaps-of-our-observations-and-identifications-on-user-profiles/1613](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/show-heatmaps-of-our-observations-and-identifications-on-user-profiles/1613) ---
**Author:** ![exonie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@exonie](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/exonie)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/heat-map-not-longer-working/13267/4 "2020-06-11T17:16:44Z")
Oh, didn’t know about that. So it’s not working as before indeed. Sorry about my not very helpful input… ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/heat-map-not-longer-working/13267/5 "2020-06-12T04:12:47Z")
This is due to the [new map tiles](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/open-test-of-map-tile-improvements/7833/). We didn’t prioritize this map becuase it’s not really linked to. We can improve on it, but probably can’t bring it back to its former state. ---
**Author:** ![pisum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pisum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pisum)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/heat-map-not-longer-working/13267/6 "2020-06-12T14:59:05Z")
> [@tiwane](#): > > This is due to the [new map tiles](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/open-test-of-map-tile-improvements/7833/). i don’t think this is accurate. the color gradient heatmap still works (and is [improved](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/open-test-of-map-tile-improvements/7833/87) since the new map tiles). the problem on the page noted in the original post is that it asks the map tiles to be generated in a single specific color, thereby losing the color gradient. here’s a tile with default gradient colors: [http://api.inaturalist.org/v1/heatmap/3/2/3.png](http://api.inaturalist.org/v1/heatmap/3/2/3.png) here’s the same tile with a single color applied: [http://api.inaturalist.org/v1/heatmap/3/2/3.png?color=%23FF4500](http://api.inaturalist.org/v1/heatmap/3/2/3.png?color=%23FF4500) ---
**Author:** ![pisum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pisum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pisum)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/heat-map-not-longer-working/13267/7 "2020-06-26T04:10:46Z")
just a heads up. it looks like code has been checked in that should solve this problem: [https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/commit/ec9f0dfeb7ea9b751a34050b32a6e2687eada724](https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/commit/ec9f0dfeb7ea9b751a34050b32a6e2687eada724). it doesn’t look the change has actually been deployed to the masses yet, but maybe if you take a look in a week or so (?), the orange blur problem will be resolved… ---
**Author:** ![robert\_taylor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/robert_taylor/32/2660_2.png) [@robert\_taylor](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/robert_taylor)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/heat-map-not-longer-working/13267/8 "2020-06-26T10:13:02Z")
Fantastic! Thank you for the update. ---
**Author:** ![pleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/pleary/32/3211_2.png) [@pleary](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pleary)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/heat-map-not-longer-working/13267/9 "2020-07-06T16:54:50Z")
> [@pisum](#): > > it looks like code has been checked in that should solve this problem The heatmap should be working again in production. Apologies for the mixup - some other recent changes to map styles affected this map. We should now be back to where we were a few weeks ago with the heatmap working with the newish styles (released with the grids change) [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/map#2/0/0](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/map#2/0/0) Thanks for bringing this to our attention ---
**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/heat-map-not-longer-working/13267/10 "2020-09-22T22:02:22Z")
Closed on September 22, 2020, 10:02pm UTC