Although I can do this through some manual steps or a model, I would love to have an option for the Generate Grids and Hexagons tool to allow the output to be associated with a POINT map layer (centroid of the grids, hexagons, or H3 hexagons) rather than only being able to join the trade area data back to the original grids or hexagon polygons.
This option has several benefits.
1) By having a point output, you can use the "heat map" symbology with the "Weight" option rather than a chloropleth symbology.
2) Having a point output allows you to use the output with a Location Allocation model as the input for potential candidate locations.
3) Having a point output makes it easy to use the data with the Suitability Analysis tools.
