The 3D Map tool is an upgraded version of Power Map, introduced to Microsoft Excel in 2013. In 2016, Power Map became 3D Map, and in 2024, it moved to a different location on the ribbon.

Indeed, you can use Excel to create heat maps for pretty much anything, from displaying your sports team's on-field strengths to showing how climate change is impacting temperatures over time.

A: The solution you seek can be achieved with Microsoft Power Map—a free, add-in utility included with Office 365 subscriptions (a preview version is also available for stand-alone versions of Excel ...

Displaying values on a map chart is more meaningful than handing someone a sheet of data. Thanks to Microsoft Excel's Geography data type, creating a map chart is easier than you might think.