3D Surface Plots in JavaScript

How to make 3D surface plots in javascript.

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Topographical 3D Surface Plot

d3.csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/datasets/master/api_docs/mt_bruno_elevation.csv', function(err, rows){
function unpack(rows, key) {
  return rows.map(function(row) { return row[key]; });
}

var z_data=[ ]
for(i=0;i<24;i++)
{
  z_data.push(unpack(rows,i));
}

var data = [{
           z: z_data,
           type: 'surface'
        }];

var layout = {
  title: 'Mt Bruno Elevation',
  autosize: false,
  width: 500,
  height: 500,
  margin: {
    l: 65,
    r: 50,
    b: 65,
    t: 90,
  }
};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
});

Surface Plot With Contours

Display and customize contour data for each axis using the contours attribute (reference).

d3.csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/datasets/master/api_docs/mt_bruno_elevation.csv', function(err, rows){
function unpack(rows, key) {
  return rows.map(function(row) { return row[key]; });
}
var z_data=[ ]
for(i=0;i<24;i++)
{
  z_data.push(unpack(rows,i));
}

var data = [{
  z: z_data,
  type: 'surface',
  contours: {
    z: {
      show:true,
      usecolormap: true,
      highlightcolor:"#42f462",
      project:{z: true}
    }
  }
}];

var layout = {
  title: 'Mt Bruno Elevation With Projected Contours',
  scene: {camera: {eye: {x: 1.87, y: 0.88, z: -0.64}}},
  autosize: false,
  width: 500,
  height: 500,
  margin: {
    l: 65,
    r: 50,
    b: 65,
    t: 90,
  }
};

Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
});

Multiple 3D Surface Plots

z1 = [
    [8.83,8.89,8.81,8.87,8.9,8.87],
    [8.89,8.94,8.85,8.94,8.96,8.92],
    [8.84,8.9,8.82,8.92,8.93,8.91],
    [8.79,8.85,8.79,8.9,8.94,8.92],
    [8.79,8.88,8.81,8.9,8.95,8.92],
    [8.8,8.82,8.78,8.91,8.94,8.92],
    [8.75,8.78,8.77,8.91,8.95,8.92],
    [8.8,8.8,8.77,8.91,8.95,8.94],
    [8.74,8.81,8.76,8.93,8.98,8.99],
    [8.89,8.99,8.92,9.1,9.13,9.11],
    [8.97,8.97,8.91,9.09,9.11,9.11],
    [9.04,9.08,9.05,9.25,9.28,9.27],
    [9,9.01,9,9.2,9.23,9.2],
    [8.99,8.99,8.98,9.18,9.2,9.19],
    [8.93,8.97,8.97,9.18,9.2,9.18]
];

z2 = [];
for (var i=0;i<z1.length;i++ ) { 
  z2_row = [];
    for(var j=0;j<z1[i].length;j++) { 
      z2_row.push(z1[i][j]+1);
    }
    z2.push(z2_row);
}

z3 = []
for (var i=0;i<z1.length;i++ ) { 
  z3_row = [];
    for(var j=0;j<z1[i].length;j++) { 
      z3_row.push(z1[i][j]-1);
    }
    z3.push(z3_row);
}
var data_z1 = {z: z1, type: 'surface'};
var data_z2 = {z: z2, showscale: false, opacity:0.9, type: 'surface'};
var data_z3 = {z: z3, showscale: false, opacity:0.9, type: 'surface'};



Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', [data_z1, data_z2, data_z3]);