| iTool User's Guide: Working with Images |

## Surfacing an Image

You can also insert a surface representation of your image data into your visualization by selecting Operations Surface. This causes the display to become three-dimensional. The following figure shows a surface added to the image of the African political map.

Figure 10-9: Image Data Shown as a Surface

Figure 10-9: Image Data Shown as a Surface

You can highlight and double-click your new surface, invoking the Visualization Browser which allows you to edit surface properties. For more information on these edit options, see Surface.

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