Longitude  Latitude  Value
---------  --------  -----
12.345678  23.456789   25
12.345679  23.456790   26
%should be :
%  x           y        z

surf(matrix(:,1) , matrix(:,2) , matrix(:,3));

Error using surf (line 75)
Z must be a matrix, not a scalar or vector

x = matrix(:,1);
y = matrix(:,2);
z = matrix(:,3);
  xi=linspace(min(x),max(x),30)
  yi=linspace(min(y),max(y),30)
  [XI YI]=meshgrid(xi,yi);
  ZI = griddata(x,y,z,XI,YI);
  contourf(XI,YI,ZI)

xMin=min(myMat(:,1));
xMax=max(myMat(:,1));
yMin=min(myMat(:,2));
yMax=max(myMat(:,2));

step_x=0.5; %depends on your data

[xGrid,yGrid]=meshgrid(xMin:step_x:xMax,yMin:step_y:yMax);

surf(xGrid,yGrid,valMat);

N=50;
x = 2*pi*rand(N,1);
y = 2*pi*rand(N,1);
z = sin(x).*sin(y);

matrix = [x y z];

tri = delaunay(matrix(:,1),matrix(:,2));
trisurf(tri,matrix(:,1),matrix(:,2),matrix(:,3))
shading interp