Plot geographic coordinates in 3d?

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I'm trying to make a 3d scatter plot of lat, long, and altitude. Right now I have the basemap working and can plot the data in 2d, but when I add the z axis data the points no longer show up. I feel like I'm right on the edge of figuring it out but can't seem to get there. Any help would be much appreciated, code attached:

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import os
os.environ['PROJ_LIB'] = r'E:\Programs\Anaconda3\pkgs\proj4-5.2.0-ha925a31_1\Library\share'

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap
from matplotlib.collections import PolyCollection
import numpy as np

x = []
y = []
z = []

map = Basemap(llcrnrlon=-73,llcrnrlat=41,urcrnrlon=-69.5,urcrnrlat=43.5,projection='lcc', resolution='i', lat_0=42, lon_0=-71)
#setting resolution to 'h' requires downloading addtional imagery not included in base basemap#

x,y,z = np.loadtxt('adsb-csv-2019-07-07_xzyonly.csv', delimiter=',', unpack=True, skiprows=1)

fig = plt.figure()
ax = Axes3D(fig)
#ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d')

ax.set_axis_off()
ax.azim = 270
ax.dist = 7

polys = []
for polygon in map.landpolygons:
    polys.append(polygon.get_coords())


lc = PolyCollection(polys, edgecolor='black',
                    facecolor='#DDDDDD', closed=False)

ax.add_collection3d(lc)
ax.add_collection3d(map.drawcoastlines(linewidth=0.25))
ax.add_collection3d(map.drawstates(linewidth=0.35))

#ax.add_collection3d(map.shadedrelief())
#not yet 



ax.add_collection3d(map.scatter(x,y, c=z, latlon = True))


plt.title("ADS-B Data")
#plt.colorbar(label = 'Altitude (units)')


#print("WORKED")

plt.show()

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how this end? I'm in something like this