{"id":505,"date":"2012-10-18T18:53:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T18:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.netspotapp.com\/help\/?p=505"},"modified":"2026-09-22T13:13:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T13:13:48","slug":"how-do-i-change-the-values-represented-by-the-colors-on-the-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/how-do-i-change-the-values-represented-by-the-colors-on-the-map\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ: How to adjust the values represented by the colors on the map?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NetSpot allows you to easily adjust how different values are represented by each color on the heatmaps. This can be useful if your heatmap doesn\u2019t have a lot of color variation, and you want to make the subtle differences more evident. Or when you have a particular signal or noise level cut-off point and want to be able to highlight all areas that fall below that point.<br \/>\n<div class=\"media post-download\">\r\n<div class=\"media-left media-middle\"><i class=\"box-40x40 icons icon-mac-xs  \"><\/i><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"media-body media-middle\">NetSpot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/netspotpro.html\">WiFi analyzer for macOS<\/a> is available<\/div>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\nYou can open these settings by either clicking the settings menu in the upper right corner of the app window or by clicking on the gradient on the lower right. You&#8217;ll need to adjust minimum and maximum settings for each type of heatmap individually.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2493 img-responsive\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/minimum_and_maximum_settings@2x.png\" alt=\"Adjust minimum and maximum settings\" width=\"620\" height=\"440\"><\/p>\n<p>Also, NetSpot offers three different heatmap gradient types that you can easily choose from depending on your preferred color scheme for signal strength representation. Open these settings by either clicking the settings menu in the upper right corner of the app window or by clicking on the gradient on the lower right, then refer to the Heatmap gradient section:<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2493 img-responsive\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Heatmap_gradient_section@2x.png\" alt=\"Heatmap gradient section\" width=\"620\" height=\"440\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media post-download\">\r\n<div class=\"media-left media-middle\"><i class=\"box-40x40 icons icon-win-xs  \"><\/i><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"media-body media-middle\">NetSpot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/netspot-windows.html\">Wi-Fi analyzer for Windows<\/a> is released<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"google\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"netspotapp\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"FAQ%3A%20How%20to%20adjust%20the%20values%20represented%20by%20the%20colors%20on%20the%20map%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NetSpot allows you to easily adjust how different values are represented by each color on the heatmaps. This can be useful if your heatmap doesn\u2019t have a lot of color variation, and you want to make the subtle differences more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[82,106],"class_list":{"0":"post-505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-visualizations","7":"tag-configuration","8":"tag-heatmap"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9188,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505\/revisions\/9188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netspotapp.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}