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title: "Background Data"
canonical: "https://help.innovyze.com/space/infodrainage2021v1/16547999/Background%20Data"
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The best start to a project is to load **Background Data**. There are several types of data that you can input to InfoDrainage, and they are listed below. 

Click the links below for detailed information about these topics.

- [Surface Data](https://help-innovyze.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/infodrainage2021v1/pages/16548124)
- [CAD Data](https://help-innovyze.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/infodrainage2021v1/pages/16548131)
- [GIS Data](https://help-innovyze.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/infodrainage2021v1/pages/16548047)
- [Image](https://help-innovyze.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/infodrainage2021v1/pages/16548001)