Questions tagged [elevation]
The vertical distance of a point or object above or below a reference surface or datum (generally mean sea level).
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New York buildings - XYZ altitude map
I am looking for a source of buildings elevation, preferably stored as 2D images (for each pixel, the intensity corresponds to the altitude in that XY). Considering the case of NY, it would be a XY ...
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Find higher elevation (10m) perpendicular point from stream network at regular interval
I have a stream network and for that network, I want to find the points at regular intervals which lie at 10m distance perpendicular from the stream.The final goal is to find the buffer of that 10m ...
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Calculating elevations using Mapquest elevation API?
I have a Leaflet map that contains options for users to draw lines, i need to enrich the drawn lines with elevation data from Mapquest elevation API.
here is my code:
drawData = drawnItems....
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Route creation with specific length and elevation change [closed]
I'm currently working on a project for my computer science study. The goal is to make a service that allows the user to enter a distance and elevation change which will then result in a random route (...
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QGIS: How to store the GPS coordinates in the attribute table? [duplicate]
I got vector points on a map. I already have the elevation information in the table for each vector point and the point-id. Now I want to get the GPS coordinates for each point stored in this ...
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Copy elevation from points to line
I have a vector line, but it has no z-dimension.
I have some points along the line, which have the elevation included.
Can I add the elevation from the points to the line at that specific point?
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How do I calculate the Terrain Ruggedness Index for each county in the United States in R?
I have a shapefile of US counties and high-resolution elevation data that spans the entire contiguous United States. My goal is to calculate a terrain ruggedness index for each county. The functions (...
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Converting .gri to topojson
I am making client-end javascript-powered maps in the context of web development. I am not using gdal, which I gather is a special kind of rendering software.
Data source site: http://www.diva-gis....
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How to separate or cut the elevation from bathymetry raster TIFF file with vector layer coastline in QGIS 3.4.3?
I have a raster GeoTIFF file downloaded from GEBCO 2014 which contains bathymetry and elevation.
I need to split in 2 layers the raster GeoTIFF file (layer: Bathymetry and layer: Elevation) using ...
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Erros in the elevation model differences [closed]
I have two DSM (one is before a landslide, and the other is after) with a spatial resolution of 10 m x 10 m in horizontal and 1 m in vertical. I subtract one from the other to get the difference in ...
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Seeking contour (topo) lines for United States?
I can find five foot contours for most areas, where can I find 1 foot or 2 foot contour lines?
Prefer ArcGIS or AutoCAD but will take anything I can get.
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How can I change the elevation of a lake on a DEM so I show the lake bottom contours?
I'm studying the drainage of a lake and I have a DEM of the lake and the surrounding area. I already identified the shorelines of ancient lake levels at higher elevations, but I would like to keep ...
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QGIS: Edit elevation in DTM to get correct slope of a river
I am new to QGIS and just need it to do a hydrolocic analysis of an area of which
I later make a flow model with HEC-RAS 2D.
I made it according to this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro-...
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Complex 3D/elevation profiles in ArcMap 10.6
I'm looking to create a more informative 3D Profile than appears possible with vanilla Arc tools. Honestly I'm kinda surprised that this doesn't exist, maybe I'm searching the wrong terms.
Situation:
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Band 1: Access window out of range in RasterIO()
I'm trying to implement a mouse_move event handler to display the elevation based on the mouse location. I'm using the ThinkGeo API to display the raster map (.tif) and gdal C# to get the elevation ...
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Summarize Elevation in ArcGIS Pro not working? [closed]
The tool Summarize Elevation is not producing the typical fields ie Min, Mean, and Max elevation field values, although fields like Dem Res, Product Name, Source, Source URL are being produced.
Has ...
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Converting RTK Elevation Data to DEM?
I have a shapefile that contains elevation data. I want to eventually convert this to a slope layer. I'm assuming I have to convert to a raster, then a DEM, then slope.
Is that correct?
If so, ...
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How to extract Z data from a shapefile from points on another separate layer QGIS
I have two layers; one with elevation data (m), and the other with roads (derived from points via points to polyines). I want to run a spatial query that basically extracts the elevation data from the ...
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Command line to change altimetric reference with gdal
I want to convert a DEM with the following GEOGCS :
GEOGCS["WGS 84",
DATUM["WGS_1984",
SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],
AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],
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Obtaining Elevation for single point from ArcGIS REST API?
I have spent quite a while trying to get the ESRI API working. Basically we would like to pass a lat, long to a service and obtain the elevation back.
Our previous service stopped working - we were ...
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How can I modify DEM elevation data within QGIS using a polygon?
How can I modify an existing DEM using a polygon? I have a DEM raster with terrain varying between 355 and 365 meters. I have a polygon I've drawn over the area. Ideally, I would like to uniformly ...
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Is there a way to linear reference a line in QGis [duplicate]
Iv'e seen a number of plugin's that do things like create grids of points and such like, but what I need to do ideally is to create a line of points that follows a line geometry, and then drop those ...
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Show elevation profile from linestring's z values
I have linestring geometries with z values and I want to display them in a nice elevation profile (with x/z scaling functions, several profiles to overlay, and so on).
Is there any QGIS function or ...
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Calculating meshes average within boundary?
I have mesh data of elevations. Each mesh has a value of elevation (e.g. 87, 60, 33, ...).
And I also have data of administrative boundaries.
I want to calculate the average of each administrative ...
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How can I show the roads that are below 10 ft elevations?
I have point elevation data and road layers for a region. I am trying to show the road sections that are below 10 ft elevations. How can i solve such problems with elevations? I am using ArcGIS 10.3.1....
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Reconciling elevation difference between SRTM and old US Army map in Laos?
In QGIS I georeferenced a 1970 US Army contour map for part of southern Laos (20 m intervals) with the following indicated properties:
Horizontal datum Indian datum 1960
Spheroid=Everest
Verical ...
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Determining elevation of a point from a DEM in QGIS?
I have created a series of DEMs that layercake on top of each other.
I would like to be able to lookup a coordinate and get the elevation that has already been interpolated. The goal is to ...
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Source of Contour Lines for QGIS
I am planning to go on multiple days hike and used Wikiloc to download GPX tracks. We will use a GPS for our navigation but I always want a printed map as a backup.
Maps for that area are notoriously ...
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Using UK Government Data in QGIS?
I've downloaded some .asc files from the UK Government. They are 1m resolution LIDAR tiles. Apparently.
When I load them into QGIS, they appear with the nice thumbnails and everything. But I get ...
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Extracting raster values to point feature class failing in ArcMap?
I need to extract values to point features from Mosaic dataset made out of DEMs (Whole world SRTM) . My feature class has 18,000,00 points.
When I ran the below tools, only <20K points receive ...
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Getting correct elevation from hgt file [closed]
When reading SRTM3 data from a .hgt file I get the wrong elevation of a specific latitude longitude and I can't see why.
Maybe someone can see the problem ?
My coordinate is near Lissabon in the sea ...
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DEM's from Baja, Mexico [closed]
I need to extend my digital elevation map (10m or 30m will do) into Baja from southern CA.
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Calculate pixel value in arcmap
I want to change pixel values of elevation data. I want to change values meter to feet. So i need to multiply pixel values with 3.2808. How can i do that in arcmap?
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Identifying the greatest value point within each polygon
I have a series of polygons (4,000) and a series of points that exist on the perimeter of each polygon (3 to 5). The points refer to the elevation value which has previously been extracted from a DEM ...
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Elevation Data in form of a database or colored Map
I am new to the GIS Topic and I hope someone can help me in the following.
I am looking for elevation data for the whole world in the form of
a database (Latitude; Longitude; Elevation(Level over ...
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QGIS - Lookup elevation or slope from geoTIFF from a series of lat/lon values
I have a geoTIFF file (pretty large) covering a good chunk of Spain around Almeria. I got it from the EU-DEM v1.1 data (25m resolution), freely available in which I have a route in lat/long and I want ...
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Plotting and analyzing extracted elevation data in R?
I have a shapefile of county boundaries for New York state and elevation data downloaded through the elevatr package.
library(elevatr)
library(raster)
library(sf)
library(USAboundaries)
counties <...
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Editing elevation in ArcGIS Desktop?
I have a raster layer that covers a large area (three cities). When I load the raster layer into a 3D visualizer, there are multiple areas with a drastic change in the slope rather than a gentle ...
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How do I use a Simple Feature Collection (sfc) from the sf package with the elevatr package to load elevation data?
I'm trying to load elevation data from AWS using the elevatr package, with a region defined as a Simple Features Collection from the sf package. Here's a simple example:
library(elevatr)
library(sf)
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Latitude above and below the surface of the Earth
I know that Geodetic Latitude is measured with respect to the normal at a point on the surface of the reference ellipsoid. But what about points above and below the surface? Do they follow a ...
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Reprojecting XYZ coordinates in Python whilst keeping Z coordinate constant
When doing a reprojection from a projected coordinate system (e.g. EPSG:28992) to a geographic coordinate system (e.g. EPSG:4326), the Z coordinate gets an offset of 45 meters. The Z coordinates of ...
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Elevation API: Same coordinates, different elevation result
I'm using google maps elevation API, but while asking a single request(single coordinates) and a multi-request(many coordinates), I'm getting different elevation result of the same latitude and ...
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Expression in field calculator to populate a field with the same attributes as other field
I am just after a super simple expression to copy the attributes of one field directly into a new field with a different name - to export to AutoCAD with Z height data.
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Can QGIS produce a Stage Storage Plan?
I work for an engineering firm, and my question to the forum is:
Can QGIS produce a stage storage plan for multiple drainage basins? I am attaching an image of what I am talking about.
Currently, we ...
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Selecting raster pixels based on dem range
I have two raster layers that are equal extent and resolution: one that is qualified as nonforest tree cover that is made up of pixels with either the value of 1 or NA, and one DEM.
What I am hoping ...
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Converting Surface Model to Elevation Model?
Is there a way to convert a digital surface model (DSM) to a digital elevation model (DEM) in QGIS?
Surface models contain lots of noise (e.g. trees, buildings) when I only want to show the ground. ...
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Locate roads that are close to steep slopes which risks landslides
I've a query, I'm trying to locate all the roads which are basically at risk of erosion (landslide?) when it's raining heavily for a municipality.
What I have to work with is this:
A shape layer ...
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Getting elevation from polyline feature using QGIS?
I have imported contour lines from AutoCAD DXF file. I've 3D geometry. Í would like to add a new column to the attribute table of the contour lines. In th field calculator I user the following ...
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Creating Elevation Profile from Line Shapefile of Contours using QGIS?
I have a line shapefile that contains contour lines. The attribute table of the shapefile has a field that gives the elevation of each line. I would like to draw a line across the contours and get an ...
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Elevation shading of linear feature compared to surrounding ground level in QGIS
I have a digital elevation model (DEM - geoTIFF) in QGIS 3.2. There is a linear feature (earth bund/wall) in the DEM that I would like to shade/colour based on its elevation above the surrounding ...
