Re: [GRASS-user] Elevation profile from intersecting shapefiles‏

[georgew]

What, no takers? Just a Yes or No will be already of great help to me,
anything more, like some hint on a possible solution would be cream on top.
Thanks all the same for reading this.
George



georgew wrote:
> 
> Hi, I am totally new to GRASS and overwhelmed by its scope and not sure
> whether the following is possible:
> I have a set of topographic maps in shapefile format containing contours
> and walking tracks. The track data does not include elevation (only lat.
> and long.), but the contour lines do include elevation. Is it possible
> (and how?) to create an elevation profile for the length of the walking
> track using the intersecting points between the track and the contour
> lines to obtain the elevation values?
> Many thanks for any assistance you can give me.
> George
> 

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