Mirrored Contours from DEM in QGIS

Question

I am trying to create contours from a DEM in QGIS 3.4. I used the GDAL raster extraction contour tool. The contours are drawn correctly, but they are mirrored along the north line of the DEM (see image). Is there a setting that I missed when generating the contours? Both the CRS of the DEM and the CRS of the project are UTM NAD83 Zone 10 North.

Here is the output log:

Processing algorithm… Algorithm 'Contour' starting… Input parameters: { 'BAND' : 1, 'CREATE_3D' : False, 'FIELD_NAME' : 'ELEV', 'IGNORE_NODATA' : False, 'INPUT' : 'C:/Users/talldrin/Documents/Northstar/18-057 Cal Park Lakes/Support Docs/Lidar/Merged_DEM.ovr', 'INTERVAL' : 1, 'NODATA' : None, 'OFFSET' : 0, 'OPTIONS' : '', 'OUTPUT' : 'C:/Users/talldrin/AppData/Local/Temp/processing_a23c4b552e994e69b31a00e2657e2022/378e907d22c44a6f9c1389afc43c00ec/OUTPUT.shp' }

GDAL command: gdal_contour -b 1 -a ELEV -i 1.0 -f "ESRI Shapefile" "C:/Users/talldrin/Documents/Northstar/18-057 Cal Park Lakes/Support Docs/Lidar/Merged_DEM.ovr" C:/Users/talldrin/AppData/Local/Temp/processing_a23c4b552e994e69b31a00e2657e2022/378e907d22c44a6f9c1389afc43c00ec/OUTPUT.shp GDAL command output: 0...10...20...30...40...50...60...70...80...90...100 - done.

Execution completed in 1.35 seconds Results: {'OUTPUT': }

Loading resulting layers Algorithm 'Contour' finished

Answer 1

Ok, so I figured it out. The DEM I was using was generated using ArcMap. When I brought it in to QGIS I had to assign the spatial reference and calculate the extent. For some reason the extent that it calculated had the NW corner of the DEM at 0,0 which resulted in the southern end of the DEM having negative coordinates. So I re-exported the DEM from ArcMap and brought it in to QGIS and reassigned the Spatial Reference and extent. This time the calculated extent was the same as the original DEM in ArcMap so all values were positive. After that the Contour tool ran fine. Thanks for your help!