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    <p>Hi Eva,</p>
    <p>welcome to the list. You asked a plenty of questions, so it would
      be easier to start with some links on the web:</p>
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      <li>Stackoverflow discussion on that:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/60228/generating-dem-from-contour-shapefile-using-qgis">https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/60228/generating-dem-from-contour-shapefile-using-qgis</a></li>
      <li>a GRASS Tutorial:
        <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Contour_lines_to_DEM">https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Contour_lines_to_DEM</a></li>
      <li>and a short youtube tutorial:
        <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhJ77uHlTJA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhJ77uHlTJA</a></li>
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    <p>Hope this helps</p>
    <p>Stefan<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 03.11.2020 um 14:39 schrieb
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            <p style="margin-bottom: 13.0px;"><span style="font-size:
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                    style="font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;">Hi all,</span></span></span></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 13.0px;"><span style="font-size:
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                    style="font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;">I have
                    the following task: </span></span></span></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 13.0px;"><span style="font-size:
                11.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115.0%;"><span
                    style="font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;">I need to
                    create a map with contour lines showing the
                    thickness of one geological layer/horizon (actually
                    not the true thickness, but the vertical extent is
                    required, so if you drill down at one point, what is
                    the distance between the upper and lower edge of the
                    horizon). </span></span></span></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 13.0px;"><span style="font-size:
                11.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115.0%;"><span
                    style="font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;">The only
                    data I have are two line features (shape files) of
                    isolines with elevation values (in m NHN) of each
                    the upper edge and lower edge of the horizon. </span></span></span></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 13.0px;"><span style="font-size:
                11.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115.0%;"><span
                    style="font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;">My
                    approach would be something like this, but I can’t
                    figure out how exactly to do it:</span></span></span></p>
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              <li><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span
                    style="line-height: 115.0%;"><span
                      style="font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;">Create
                      a raster from each line feature (did that, but
                      only the lines are rastered, so would need a
                      polygon to get a plane? How do that? How can I
                      include the elevation values of the lines into the
                      polygon?)</span></span></span></li>
              <li><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span
                    style="line-height: 115.0%;"><span
                      style="font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;">Interpolate
                      the elevation values inbetween the isolines to
                      receive a plane of elevation values (in my opinion
                      would need a polygon to get a plane, but for
                      interpolation input Points are needed? And which
                      interpolation method? Also, some of the isolines
                      are offset by faults, so need sharp edges in these
                      areas, how to integrate that in the
                      interpolation?)</span></span></span></li>
              <li><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span
                    style="line-height: 115.0%;"><span
                      style="font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;">Then
                      calculate the vertical distance at each point in
                      the area between the two planes to get the
                      thickness (how, which tool does that?)</span></span></span></li>
              <li><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span
                    style="line-height: 115.0%;"><span
                      style="font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;">Create
                      a raster showing the thickness throughout the area
                      in colour range</span></span></span></li>
              <li style="margin-bottom: 13.0px;"><span style="font-size:
                  11.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115.0%;"><span
                      style="font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;">Add
                      contour lines showing the thickness of the horizon</span></span></span></li>
            </ul>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 13.0px;"><span style="font-size:
                11.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115.0%;"><span
                    style="font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;">Maybe
                    there is even a better and probably much simpler way
                    to do this. However, I am only a beginner in QGIS,
                    python and statistics. So any help and easy to
                    understand tips will be very much appreciated. I am
                    using QGIS 3.10.11 by the way.</span></span></span></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 13.0px;"><span style="font-size:
                11.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115.0%;"><span
                    style="font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;">Best
                    regards,</span></span></span></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 13.0px;"><span style="font-size:
                11.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115.0%;"><span
                    style="font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;">Eva</span></span></span></p>
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