[gdal-dev] gdal_grid from contour

[Frank Warmerdam]

ahmet temiz wrote:
> hello
> 
> Does gdal_grid have a capability of generating dem from elevation 
> contour lines ?
> 

Ahmet,

The normal way of generating a DEM from contour lines with GDAL is to
burn the contours into a blank (all nodata) file with gdal_rasterize and
then to fill in the areas between contours by interpolation with
gdal_fillnodata.py.

Best regards,
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