# Filled contour plots in Plots.jl without contour lines and smooth interpolation (GR backend)

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/filled-contour-plots-in-plots-jl-without-contour-lines-and-smooth-interpolation-gr-backend/34796
**Category:** Visualization
**Tags:** plots, gr
**Created:** [February 18, 2020, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/filled-contour-plots-in-plots-jl-without-contour-lines-and-smooth-interpolation-gr-backend/34796 "2020-02-18T08:06:33Z")
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### Author: ![jheinen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jheinen/32/2787_2.png) [@jheinen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jheinen)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2020, 9:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/filled-contour-plots-in-plots-jl-without-contour-lines-and-smooth-interpolation-gr-backend/34796/2 "2020-02-18T09:14:02Z")

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Isn’t this the functionality of a `heatmap`?

```julia
using GR
z = peaks(200)
contourf(z)
heatmap(z)

```

 ![Screen Shot 2020-02-18 at 10.11.29](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/6/c/6cd724ca30b627bbab29745cfea6dfc032d05682.png) ![heatmao](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/c/8/c8d05da6c01c3d40dbe8fc6a21e15e4765562239.png)

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