Extract coordinate data from plotm figure?

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Hello, I made a map from latitude (X), longitude (Y), and elevation (Z) data. Unfortunately, I can't find the original data that I used. However I do have the matlab figure. How can I extract the X, Y, and Z data from the Matlab fig file?
Attached is the matlab fig file I would like to extract the data from.

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DGM
DGM on 29 Aug 2021
Something like this:
F = openfig('sample_map.fig');
h = findobj(F,'type','surface');
x=get(h,'xdata');
y=get(h,'ydata');
z=get(h,'zdata');
That's assuming you're after the surface plot data. If there are other objects in the axes which have data you need, you'll have to find them too.
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John Sena Akoto
John Sena Akoto on 29 Aug 2021
Thanks very much for the response. But I hope to get back the original data I used to generate the plot and not the surface plot data. For example the 'z' variable is filled with all zeros. I hope to get a 'z' variable filled with the attribute data I used originally to generate the plot.
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 29 Aug 2021
F = openfig('sample_map.fig');
h = findobj(F,'type','surface');
x=get(h,'xdata');
y=get(h,'ydata');
z=get(h,'cdata');

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