3D Plot of Points

Questions
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Measured a series of land elevations along polar coordinates and entered into a spreadsheet using a transit. Converted coordinates to Cartesian. File attached.
Trying to plot the 3D surface. Most plot utilities seem to plot functions rather than coordinate sets.
Can someone help?

Turnaround Elevation.csv (1.02 KB)

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You can import the Excel sheet and plot the points or a surface, or both together:

data = Rest@
   Import["F:\\Users\\David\\Documents\\Mathematica Files\\Wolfram \
Forum\\Lawton\\Turnaround Elevation.xlsx"][[1]];
Show[ListPointPlot3D[data], ListPlot3D[data]]

surface.png
surface.png450×354 56.5 KB

I attach a notebook.

Kind regards,

David
[1]: https://community.wolfram.com//c/portal/getImageAttachment?filename=surface.png&userId=98179

Lawton.nb (50.8 KB)

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Try this for a first quick peek

points={{246.7324167,0.00,7.10}, {177.559151,0.00,3.16}, {129.3307785,0.00,1.79},
{73.7401973,0.00,0.35}, {301.4453862,184.73,7.16}, {230.615791,141.32,4.66},
{167.8426427,102.85,2.72}, {124.2035556,76.11,2.29}, {78.21467149,47.93,1.79},
{44.98182824,27.56,0.72}, {153.2948799,255.13,2.10}, {116.4919424,193.88,2.04},
{82.42641359,137.18,1.22}, {50.02360697,83.25,1.66}, {26.90771238,44.78,0.85},
{-29.07592991,236.80,-1.59}, {-21.94129167,178.70,-0.72}, {-14.44200479,117.62,0.41},
{-7.724793261,62.91,0.47}, {-162.4405078,118.02,-2.47}, {-115.3964627,83.84,-1.84},
{-64.65769234,46.98,-0.28}, {-31.05480297,22.56,0.16}, {-254.9257666,-44.95,-11.84},
{-200.4123632,-35.34,-9.22}, {-143.8440447,-25.36,-4.97}, {-85.87993507,-15.14,-2.34},
{-44.39391678,-7.83,-0.84}, {-129.4433228,-154.26,-6.59}, {-85.53635016,-101.94,-4.90},
{-50.10709269,-59.72,-2.34}, {-26.06581085,-31.06,-1.03}, {31.79428036,-137.72,1.16},
{19.3068332,-83.63,-0.53}, {11.04386284,-47.84,-0.59}, {296.0032747,-131.79,1.79},
{224.4301864,-99.92,2.29}, {170.3007905,-75.82,2.72}, {106.6403049,-47.48,0.41},
{53.23023651,-23.70,-0.09}};
interp=Interpolation[points,InterpolationOrder->1];
Plot3D[interp[x,y],{x,-260,310},{y,-160,260}]
4

Thanks Bill. With some interpolation as well!

5

Oh. I guess it’s thanks David for the plot w/interpolation.