[Qgis-user] extracting elevations from DEM at certain points

[Szilard Albert]

Thanks everyone, will try these suggestions, let's see which one allows the
most effective workflow.
Can use GRASS as well, but still waiting for my DEM though.

thank you all,
Szilard


On 16 December 2015 at 15:57, Szilard Albert <szilard.albert at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I need to extract elevation values from a DEM at certain points for which
> I have X and Y values.
> My points are contained in several profiles, each profile with hundreds of
> points.
>
> My input is a text file, one file per profile,  with the following format:
>
> PointA X Y
> PointB X Y
> ......
> PointZ X Y.
>
> I would like a solution where I can feed the above text input, and get my
> output as another text file
> with similar format, Point X Y Z (or Point Z X Y). Alternatively just a
> text file with one column containing Z,
> but exactly same number of rows, so I can copy and paste to the input.
>
> One single command that solves one point only would do as well, I would
> just create a script file from my every
> text file for every line....
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I am using QGIS 2.8 Wien in Ubuntu.
>
> Thank you.
> Szilard
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