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[FEATURE]: Add a polar heatmap

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Since Feb 11, 2026.

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Description

Description

Recommend adding a polar heat map plotting option. Essentially the polar scatter plot but include heat map bins instead of the points.

Why should this feature be added?

Polar heatmapping is extremely useful when looking at statistics/distributions in scenarios where the statistically meaningful bin limits do not map neatly onto a cartesian grid.

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