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I am working in QGIS 2.18.0.

I have a problem regarding calculation of line lengths in combination with raster files, to be precise with DEM raster.

There is not a problem to calculate the line lengths (vector layer), but this calculation assumed the surface to be flat (or not?). By doing this that way I will calculate the length of the "cathetus", and I need the length of the "hypotenuse".

Is there any add-on or is there any formula to calculate the line length that incorporates the change in the altitude?

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  • No one? Is the question trivial or there is no solution?
    – Josip G
    Commented Feb 10, 2017 at 12:20

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There is a SAGA Profiles from lines tool, which is accessible from QGIS Processing Toolbox | SAGA | Terrain Analysis - Profiles.

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Just give it your DEM (raster) and the line (vector) layers. It will return a new point layer (Profiles) in which attribute table you will find DIST_SURF field. It shows the cumulative length following DEM surface (your "hypotenuse") from the startpoint.

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