Hello, I am entirely new to this list, and not very experienced with R yet (but very excited about it!!). I am struggling with a dataset of x and y coordinate points I am plotting as a density map as follows: trial <- read.csv(file="F12.csv", sep=",", skip=32, head=TRUE) trial.sub <- subset(trial, Seconds>=30) trial.sub <- subset(trial.sub, Seconds<=1830) d <- trial.sub require(MASS) dens <- kde2d(d$x, d$y, h=20, n=100) color <- function(x)rev(heat.colors(x)) filled.contour(dens, color.palette = color) Each file contains 53000 observations (29 per second), so 53000 x and y coordinates. I have posted a sample of my heat map here: picasaweb.google.com/neurosci.christine/Public?authkey=Gv1sRgCLO3m6Obpsr_sgE#5619604653154721794 My main question I can't seem to find an answer to is what the numbers in the legend mean. The heatmap is created for coordinate points of a location occupied by an animal, so the high density means the animal spent most of its time there, but what percentage of time? if is possible to get this out of the data and/or displayed more clearly in the legend? I addition, I would like to quantify the area size of the highest density region. Alternatively or in addition to this, I wouldn't mind measuring how many 'zones' the highest density region occupies. This might be more difficult, unless I can overlay a grid overtop of the data and count the number of zones covered. I have tried different strategies for this, including creating subsets of the coordinate point ranges, but I couldn't get it to work and any input will be greatly appreciated. To see a sample of another heatmap where this would be very relevant is posted here: picasaweb.google.com/neurosci.christine/Public?authkey=Gv1sRgCLO3m6Obpsr_sgE#5619604756338447826 I really appreciate any help I could get with this! I've been working on it for a week and not getting any further ahead. Christine Below is some of the data posted in case it might be helpful: Tracking area (x1 125 7 547 482 Zone1-1 (x1 127 3 273 130 Zone2-2 (x1 272 5 412 131 Zone3-3 (x1 413 7 556 128 Zone4-4 (x1 128 128 274 239 Zone5-5 (x1 273 128 415 245 Zone6-6 (x1 417 129 555 245 Zone7-7 (x1 127 239 272 348 Zone8-8 (x1 273 243 418 347 Zone9-9 (x1 416 243 554 347 Zone10-10 (x1 125 345 274 475 Zone11-11 (x1 273 346 419 474 Zone12-12 (x1 419 347 556 473 Ruler1-x (x1 178 434 506 446 70 Ruler2-y (x1 173 28 178 434 70 PointDist1-tankcenter (centrex 347 234 338 27 35 Seconds x y FishMovement Confidence Confidence>30 Zone1-1 Zone2-2 Zone3-3 Zone4-4 Zone5-5 Zone6-6 Zone7-7 Zone8-8 Zone9-9 Zone10-10 Zone11-11 Zone12-12 Ruler1-x Ruler2-y PointDist1-tankcenter 17.283 336 244 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 32.1929 37.5818 2.51121 17.317 309 217 37.6572 9.72 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26.2279 32.87 7.03213 17.35 282 191 37.6572 13.5066 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.2707 28.3306 13.1651 17.383 255 165 37.6572 26.64 0 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