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Visualize data as a heatmap

Display your heatmap using the globe projection.
HeatmapLayerGlobeExample.swift
import UIKit
import MapboxMaps

final class ViewController: UIViewController {
private var mapView: MapView!
private var cancelables = Set<AnyCancelable>()

override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()

// Center the map over the United States.
let centerCoordinate = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: 50, longitude: -120)
let options = MapInitOptions(cameraOptions: CameraOptions(center: centerCoordinate, zoom: 1.0), styleURI: .dark)

// Set up map view
mapView = MapView(frame: view.bounds, mapInitOptions: options)
mapView.ornaments.options.scaleBar.visibility = .hidden
mapView.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleWidth, .flexibleHeight]
try! self.mapView.mapboxMap.setProjection(StyleProjection(name: .globe))
view.addSubview(mapView)

mapView.mapboxMap.onMapLoaded.observeNext { [weak self] _ in
guard let self = self else { return }
try! self.mapView.mapboxMap.setAtmosphere(Atmosphere())
self.addRuntimeLayers()

}.store(in: &cancelables)
}

func addRuntimeLayers() {
createEarthquakeSource()
createHeatmapLayer()
createCircleLayer()
}

func createEarthquakeSource() {
var earthquakeSource = GeoJSONSource(id: self.earthquakeSourceId)
earthquakeSource.data = .url(self.earthquakeURL)
earthquakeSource.generateId = true

do {
try mapView.mapboxMap.addSource(earthquakeSource)
} catch {
print("Ran into an error adding a source: \(error)")
}
}

func createHeatmapLayer() {

// Add earthquake-viz layer
var heatmapLayer = HeatmapLayer(id: self.heatmapLayerId, source: self.earthquakeSourceId)
heatmapLayer.maxZoom = 9.0
heatmapLayer.sourceLayer = self.heatmapLayerSource

heatmapLayer.heatmapColor = .expression(
Exp(.interpolate) {
Exp(.linear)
Exp(.heatmapDensity)
0
"rgba(33.0, 102.0, 172.0, 0.0)"
0.2
"rgb(102.0, 169.0, 207.0)"
0.4
"rgb(209.0, 229.0, 240.0)"
0.6
"rgb(253.0, 219.0, 199.0)"
0.8
"rgb(239.0, 138.0, 98.0)"
1
"rgb(178.0, 24.0, 43.0)"
}
)
// Increase the heatmap weight based on frequency and property magnitude
heatmapLayer.heatmapWeight = .expression(
Exp(.interpolate) {
Exp(.linear)
Exp(.get) {"mag"}
0
0
6
1
}
)
// Increase the heatmap color weight weight by zoom level
// heatmap-intensity is a multiplier on top of heatmap-weight
heatmapLayer.heatmapIntensity = .expression(
Exp(.interpolate) {
Exp(.linear)
Exp(.zoom)
0
1
9
3
}
)
// Adjust the heatmap radius by zoom level
heatmapLayer.heatmapRadius = .expression(
Exp(.interpolate) {
Exp(.linear)
Exp(.zoom)
0
2
9
20
}
)

// Transition from heatmap to circle layer by zoom level
heatmapLayer.heatmapOpacity = .expression(
Exp(.interpolate) {
Exp(.linear)
Exp(.zoom)
7
1
9
0
}
)

do {
try mapView.mapboxMap.addLayer(heatmapLayer, layerPosition: .above("waterway-label"))
} catch {
print("Ran into an error adding a layer: \(error)")
}
}

func createCircleLayer() {

var circleLayerSource = GeoJSONSource(id: self.earthquakeSourceId)
circleLayerSource.data = .url(self.earthquakeURL)
circleLayerSource.generateId = true

do {
try mapView.mapboxMap.addSource(circleLayerSource)
} catch {
print("Ran into an error adding a source: \(error)")
}

// Add circle layer
var circleLayer = CircleLayer(id: self.circleLayerId, source: self.earthquakeSourceId)

// Adjust the circle layer radius by zoom level
circleLayer.circleRadius = .expression(
Exp(.interpolate) {
Exp(.linear)
Exp(.zoom)
Exp(.literal) {
7
}
Exp(.interpolate) {
Exp(.linear)
Exp(.get) {"mag"}
1
1
6
4
}
Exp(.literal) {
16
}
Exp(.interpolate) {
Exp(.linear)
Exp(.get) {"mag"}
1
5
6
50
}
}
)
circleLayer.circleRadiusTransition = StyleTransition(duration: 0.5, delay: 0)
circleLayer.circleStrokeColor = .constant(StyleColor(.black))
circleLayer.circleStrokeWidth = .constant(1)

// Set circle layer color by mag level
circleLayer.circleColor = .expression(
Exp(.interpolate) {
Exp(.linear)
Exp(.get) { "mag" }
1
"rgba(33.0, 102.0, 172.0, 0.0)"
1
"rgb(102.0, 169.0, 207.0)"
3
"rgb(209.0, 229.0, 240.0)"
4
"rgb(253.0, 219.0, 199.0)"
5
"rgb(239.0, 138.0, 98.0)"
6
"rgb(178.0, 24.0, 43.0)"
}
)

// Adjust the circle laye opacity by zoom level
circleLayer.circleOpacity = .expression(
Exp(.interpolate) {
Exp(.linear)
Exp(.zoom)
7
0
8
1
}
)

circleLayer.circleStrokeColor = .constant(.init(UIColor.white))
circleLayer.circleStrokeWidth = .constant(0.1)

do {
try mapView.mapboxMap.addLayer(circleLayer, layerPosition: .below(self.heatmapLayerId))
} catch {
print("Ran into an error adding a layer: \(error)")
}
}

}

private extension ViewController {
var earthquakeSourceId: String { "earthquakes" }
var earthquakeLayerId: String { "earthquake-viz" }
var heatmapLayerId: String { "earthquakes-heat" }
var heatmapLayerSource: String { "earthquakes" }
var circleLayerId: String { "earthquakes-circle" }
var earthquakeURL: URL { URL(string: "https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/assets/earthquakes.geojson")! }
}
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