topographic contour maps

[Grass software]

In response to:

> Hello Grass Users,
> 	We are new users and request your help in generating topo maps from
> dxf imported files. We have large scale topo maps from and area of interest
> that a poor grad student digitized from hard copy in Autocad format. The 
> DXF file import was smooth but the map is a "dumb" map with no elevation 
> information. Can anyone help us with procedures for the incorporation of  
> elevation data to the x,y locations of contour lines in the raster map file?
> Thanks, "learning slowly in Kalamazoo"
> 
> 

Hi Dave,

Maybe I don't quite understand the problem, but why couldn't you label the
vector contour lines in "v.digit"? Or are you searching for a way to automate
the assigning of elevation values based on some other complete spatial layer?

Just curious.

Brent

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