Most basic bubble chart with geom_point()
Plotly allows to build charts thanks to it plot_ly() function. It offers several type option. surface allows to make surface plots and expect a matrix as input.
Rows and columns actually describe a grid, and the cell value will be mapped to the surface height. Once the chart is done, you can hover and zoom on the chart for more details.
# Library
library(plotly)
# Data: volcano is provided by plotly
# Plot
p <- plot_ly(z = volcano, type = "surface")
p
# save the widget
# library(htmlwidgets)
# saveWidget(p, file=paste0( getwd(), "/HtmlWidget/3dSurface.html"))Related chart types
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3D
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