Heatmap (2D Histogram, CSV) by mbostock

index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>

body {
  font: 10px sans-serif;
}

.label {
  font-weight: bold;
}

.tile {
  shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}

.axis path,
.axis line {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #000;
  shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}

</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>

var margin = {top: 20, right: 90, bottom: 30, left: 50},
    width = 960 - margin.left - margin.right,
    height = 500 - margin.top - margin.bottom;

var parseDate = d3.time.format("%Y-%m-%d").parse,
    formatDate = d3.time.format("%b %d");

var x = d3.time.scale().range([0, width]),
    y = d3.scale.linear().range([height, 0]),
    z = d3.scale.linear().range(["white", "steelblue"]);

// The size of the buckets in the CSV data file.
// This could be inferred from the data if it weren't sparse.
var xStep = 864e5,
    yStep = 100;

var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
    .attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
    .attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
  .append("g")
    .attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");

d3.csv("data.csv", function(error, buckets) {
  if (error) throw error;

  // Coerce the CSV data to the appropriate types.
  buckets.forEach(function(d) {
    d.date = parseDate(d.date);
    d.bucket = +d.bucket;
    d.count = +d.count;
  });

  // Compute the scale domains.
  x.domain(d3.extent(buckets, function(d) { return d.date; }));
  y.domain(d3.extent(buckets, function(d) { return d.bucket; }));
  z.domain([0, d3.max(buckets, function(d) { return d.count; })]);

  // Extend the x- and y-domain to fit the last bucket.
  // For example, the y-bucket 3200 corresponds to values [3200, 3300].
  x.domain([x.domain()[0], +x.domain()[1] + xStep]);
  y.domain([y.domain()[0], y.domain()[1] + yStep]);

  // Display the tiles for each non-zero bucket.
  // See //bl.ocks.org/3074470 for an alternative implementation.
  svg.selectAll(".tile")
      .data(buckets)
    .enter().append("rect")
      .attr("class", "tile")
      .attr("x", function(d) { return x(d.date); })
      .attr("y", function(d) { return y(d.bucket + yStep); })
      .attr("width", x(xStep) - x(0))
      .attr("height",  y(0) - y(yStep))
      .style("fill", function(d) { return z(d.count); });

  // Add a legend for the color values.
  var legend = svg.selectAll(".legend")
      .data(z.ticks(6).slice(1).reverse())
    .enter().append("g")
      .attr("class", "legend")
      .attr("transform", function(d, i) { return "translate(" + (width + 20) + "," + (20 + i * 20) + ")"; });

  legend.append("rect")
      .attr("width", 20)
      .attr("height", 20)
      .style("fill", z);

  legend.append("text")
      .attr("x", 26)
      .attr("y", 10)
      .attr("dy", ".35em")
      .text(String);

  svg.append("text")
      .attr("class", "label")
      .attr("x", width + 20)
      .attr("y", 10)
      .attr("dy", ".35em")
      .text("Count");

  // Add an x-axis with label.
  svg.append("g")
      .attr("class", "x axis")
      .attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
      .call(d3.svg.axis().scale(x).ticks(d3.time.days).tickFormat(formatDate).orient("bottom"))
    .append("text")
      .attr("class", "label")
      .attr("x", width)
      .attr("y", -6)
      .attr("text-anchor", "end")
      .text("Date");

  // Add a y-axis with label.
  svg.append("g")
      .attr("class", "y axis")
      .call(d3.svg.axis().scale(y).orient("left"))
    .append("text")
      .attr("class", "label")
      .attr("y", 6)
      .attr("dy", ".71em")
      .attr("text-anchor", "end")
      .attr("transform", "rotate(-90)")
      .text("Value");
});

</script>

data.csv

date,bucket,count
2012-07-20,800,119
2012-07-20,900,123
2012-07-20,1000,173
2012-07-20,1100,226
2012-07-20,1200,284
2012-07-20,1300,257
2012-07-20,1400,268
2012-07-20,1500,244
2012-07-20,1600,191
2012-07-20,1700,204
2012-07-20,1800,187
2012-07-20,1900,177
2012-07-20,2000,164
2012-07-20,2100,125
2012-07-20,2200,140
2012-07-20,2300,109
2012-07-20,2400,103
2012-07-21,800,123
2012-07-21,900,165
2012-07-21,1000,237
2012-07-21,1100,278
2012-07-21,1200,338
2012-07-21,1300,306
2012-07-21,1400,316
2012-07-21,1500,269
2012-07-21,1600,271
2012-07-21,1700,241
2012-07-21,1800,188
2012-07-21,1900,174
2012-07-21,2000,158
2012-07-21,2100,153
2012-07-21,2200,132
2012-07-22,900,154
2012-07-22,1000,241
2012-07-22,1100,246
2012-07-22,1200,300
2012-07-22,1300,305
2012-07-22,1400,301
2012-07-22,1500,292
2012-07-22,1600,253
2012-07-22,1700,251
2012-07-22,1800,214
2012-07-22,1900,189
2012-07-22,2000,179
2012-07-22,2100,159
2012-07-22,2200,161
2012-07-22,2300,144
2012-07-22,2400,139
2012-07-22,2500,132
2012-07-22,2600,136
2012-07-22,2800,105
2012-07-23,800,120
2012-07-23,900,156
2012-07-23,1000,209
2012-07-23,1100,267
2012-07-23,1200,299
2012-07-23,1300,316
2012-07-23,1400,318
2012-07-23,1500,307
2012-07-23,1600,295
2012-07-23,1700,273
2012-07-23,1800,283
2012-07-23,1900,229
2012-07-23,2000,192
2012-07-23,2100,193
2012-07-23,2200,170
2012-07-23,2300,164
2012-07-23,2400,154
2012-07-23,2500,138
2012-07-23,2600,101
2012-07-23,2700,115
2012-07-23,2800,103
2012-07-24,800,105
2012-07-24,900,156
2012-07-24,1000,220
2012-07-24,1100,255
2012-07-24,1200,308
2012-07-24,1300,338
2012-07-24,1400,318
2012-07-24,1500,255
2012-07-24,1600,278
2012-07-24,1700,260
2012-07-24,1800,235
2012-07-24,1900,230
2012-07-24,2000,185
2012-07-24,2100,145
2012-07-24,2200,147
2012-07-24,2300,157
2012-07-24,2400,109
2012-07-25,800,104
2012-07-25,900,191
2012-07-25,1000,201
2012-07-25,1100,238
2012-07-25,1200,223
2012-07-25,1300,229
2012-07-25,1400,286
2012-07-25,1500,256
2012-07-25,1600,240
2012-07-25,1700,233
2012-07-25,1800,202
2012-07-25,1900,180
2012-07-25,2000,184
2012-07-25,2100,161
2012-07-25,2200,125
2012-07-25,2300,110
2012-07-25,2400,101
2012-07-26,1300,132
2012-07-26,1400,117
2012-07-26,1500,124
2012-07-26,1600,154
2012-07-26,1700,167
2012-07-26,1800,137
2012-07-26,1900,169
2012-07-26,2000,175
2012-07-26,2100,168
2012-07-26,2200,188
2012-07-26,2300,137
2012-07-26,2400,173
2012-07-26,2500,164
2012-07-26,2600,167
2012-07-26,2700,115
2012-07-26,2800,116
2012-07-26,2900,118
2012-07-26,3000,125
2012-07-26,3200,104