Questions tagged [profile]
A representation of the values attained by a surface along a line (or path).
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Elevation profile 10 km each side of line
How can I get an elevation profile for a band of terrain?
The highest elevation within 10 km (on each side of the defined line) should be taken into account.
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Calculating elevation profile along line from a DEM?
Given a DEM (Digital Elevation Model) and a line (x1,y1) --> (x2,y2) (paired coordinates (x,y)), how can one calculate the elevation profile or cross-section projected on that line?
I am looking for ...
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Calculating elevation profile for a polyline in ArcGIS 10?
My elevation data is a floating point tif. I have a road for which I need to calculate the elevation profile, but I can't see the tools to do this.
Can I do this with ArcGIS, with spatial analyst/3D ...
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Elevation Profile with labels on waypoints using PyQGIS [closed]
I would like to plot many elevation profiles with labels on specific waypoints (Points of Interest).
In the end it should look like this:
Or like here:
https://www.birdandhike.com/Hike/Mt_Char/...
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Improving resource consumption of Profile Tool Plugin of QGIS
I'm trying to generate a profile along a track (bike trail) using the Profile Tool Plugin from QGIS, but it consumes more than 14GB's of RAM so it can't finish it's work.
DEM: 200m GeoTIFF
Profile-...
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Replicate elevation profile extraction (3D Analyst toolbar) in ArcPy
How can I replicate in ArcPy the 3D Analyst Toolbar operations which extract an elevation profile from a transect line drawn atop an elevation layer? This will be incorporated into an automated ...
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Launching QGIS with specific user profile
By default, when you launch QGIS, it shows the most recent user profile you worked with. It's not convenient because I have settings in various languages and locales and have to switch frequently ...
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Generating series of cross sections (profiles) along line using QGIS?
I have a set of points (xyz) along an axis.
Is there any way in QGIS to generate cross profiles along this axis each 10 meters with, for example, +-15 meters right and left from the axis?
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Displaying elevation profile and storing DEM elevation back to KML line using QGIS?
When I draw a track in Google Earth, for example along a road, I can right-click it to "Show elevation profile", and it displays a 2D plot of distance vs elevation. However, if I save the KML, the ...
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Creating DEM Contour files from shapefile line data in QGIS
There are many question occurring on this forum regarding this issue, however the issue I am facing has not been answered in Generating DEM from contour Shapefile using QGIS?, which is that I have ...
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QGIS Profile Tool - Terrain Profile
I'm trying to get a Height Profile for a certain route using the profile tool (terrain profile). Does anyone know how i can get the slope in percent and in degrees in the table of the profile tool so ...
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Cutting/ exporting multiple terrain profiles to CSV files with QGIS?
I am trying to cut multiple terrain profiles and export them to CSVs (individual or combined).
I have a shapefile of the profile lines, and a DEM to cut the profiles from.
I can do this manually ...
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QGIS open project with specific user profile
I have different user profiles in QGIS, each for different tasks. For example one profile only for digitization. In this profile, only the functions that the user needs for digitization are enabled, ...
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Recording height profile from raster along a polyline shapefile?
I'm looking for the easiest way to record a series of raster values along a 400 meter transect in ArcGIS 10.3.1. I'm working with a LiDAR canopy height model with 3mx3m cells where each cell ...
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Can Elevation Profile data in Arc's Flex Viewer 3.0 be exported?
a related thread here: google earth profile used in mashup or flex
Would like to export the elevation profile data (csv, txt, etc.) from Arc's Flex Viewer 3.0 as it creates one:
Also, if there is a ...
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Problem with interpolating a vertical profile in 3D Analyst (ArcMap 10.1)
I have a problem when I want to create a vertical profile in 3D Analyst from a DEM file. I want to interpolate the data and show points from 20 to 20 meters, as I specified in the option panel (see ...
