How can I create a heat map based on data from Google Analytics?

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Published on 2010-04-07T14:54:33Z Indexed on 2010/04/07 15:03 UTC
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How would one go about creating a heat map (say, of the US) based on location data from Google Analytics? I'd like to somehow create such a map with the visitor data from several websites that use Google Analytics. I'm not really looking for a step-by-step tutorial, just some suggestions on how to start. Assume little to no programming experience, but a willingness to learn and hack together stuff to make it work.

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