Re: [Qgis-user] Contours to DEM surface

2016-07-12 Thread Andreas Neumann
Hi Lester, I had very good results with v.surf.rst (GRASS module) through Processing. It is not the fastest, but it had the best results. The many options look a bit "overwhelming" at first, but many defaults are ok. Andreas On 12.07.2016 17:48, Lester Anderson wrote: Hello all, A quick

Re: [Qgis-user] Contours to DEM surface

2016-07-12 Thread Nicolas Cadieux
Hi, Keep in mind Lester that the result will always look like a rice paddy field with steps unless you resort to lots of smoothing. You will see theses steps with you do a shade model from the DEM. That's a good way to see the problem. It may no be visible by just looking at the DEM. Nicolas

Re: [Qgis-user] Contours to DEM surface

2016-07-12 Thread Martin Schneppmüller
Hi Lester, I would try to make "points from lines" (I thinks its under 'vector' - 'geometry tools' ) and then create a raster wiht the interpolation plugin ( http://docs.qgis.org/2.8/en/docs/user_manual/plugins/plugins_interpolation.html). Maybe you can try the interpolation plugin with the lines.

Re: [Qgis-user] Contours to DEM surface

2016-07-12 Thread Anita Graser
Hi Lester On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Lester Anderson wrote: > > A quick one, but is there an easy route/workflow to convert a > shapefile of elevation contours to a grid surface? > ​Please have a look at the solutions suggested in http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/18116/creating-dem-f

[Qgis-user] Contours to DEM surface

2016-07-12 Thread Lester Anderson
Hello all, A quick one, but is there an easy route/workflow to convert a shapefile of elevation contours to a grid surface? Thanks Lester QGIS 2.10, 2.12, 2.14 ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailm