# Is there a way to plot 3 D topographic map on head model in MNE?

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**Category:** Support & Discussions\
**Tags:** visualization, evoked\
**Created:** [May 25, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/is-there-a-way-to-plot-3-d-topographic-map-on-head-model-in-mne/4943 "2022-05-25T21:21:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Subrat\_Bastola](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mne.discourse.group/subrat_bastola/32/1190_2.png) [@Subrat\_Bastola](https://mne.discourse.group/u/Subrat_Bastola)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/is-there-a-way-to-plot-3-d-topographic-map-on-head-model-in-mne/4943/1 "2022-05-25T21:21:33Z")

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For instance, I want to plot the topography map (here shown in 2 D) on my actual head model and find which channels record the maximum Electrical/ magnetic activity and where they ( channels) are actually situated on 3 D head. How can I do that?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/mne/original/2X/7/78f06d2fa02233f7a7806845ffa112f39c89d2e3.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![alexrockhill](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mne.discourse.group/alexrockhill/32/31_2.png) [@alexrockhill](https://mne.discourse.group/u/alexrockhill)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/is-there-a-way-to-plot-3-d-topographic-map-on-head-model-in-mne/4943/2 "2022-05-25T22:21:44Z")

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This example might help [Plot the MNE brain and helmet — MNE 1.1.dev0 documentation](https://mne.tools/dev/auto_examples/visualization/mne_helmet.html), it’s also gone into in more depth here: [Visualizing Evoked data — MNE 1.1.dev0 documentation](https://mne.tools/dev/auto_tutorials/evoked/20_visualize_evoked.html#sphx-glr-auto-tutorials-evoked-20-visualize-evoked-py).

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**Author:** ![Subrat\_Bastola](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mne.discourse.group/subrat_bastola/32/1190_2.png) [@Subrat\_Bastola](https://mne.discourse.group/u/Subrat_Bastola)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/is-there-a-way-to-plot-3-d-topographic-map-on-head-model-in-mne/4943/3 "2022-05-25T22:57:57Z")

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Hi @alexrockhill

I did get the 3 D topographic plot as shown in the figure. Do you know if there’s a way I can also shown the channel names on the head in the same figure?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/mne/original/2X/e/e489df43102efe4a94e27f3457c3bb12fcbdac9b.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![bagginstyrone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mne.discourse.group/bagginstyrone/32/375_2.png) [@bagginstyrone](https://mne.discourse.group/u/bagginstyrone)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/is-there-a-way-to-plot-3-d-topographic-map-on-head-model-in-mne/4943/4 "2022-05-26T12:05:07Z")

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These examples are quite helpful. Thanks for sharing them.

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**Author:** ![alexrockhill](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mne.discourse.group/alexrockhill/32/31_2.png) [@alexrockhill](https://mne.discourse.group/u/alexrockhill)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/is-there-a-way-to-plot-3-d-topographic-map-on-head-model-in-mne/4943/5 "2022-05-30T19:00:52Z")

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@Subrat_Bastola , you could try following this tutorial for taking a screenshot and overlaying things [Working with ECoG data — MNE 1.1.dev0 documentation](https://mne.tools/dev/auto_tutorials/clinical/30_ecog.html?highlight=ecog)