[Qgis-user] Converting Vector to Raster; or Digitisation

[Alexandre Neto]

Hello Peter,

Is indeed a common task. To get a surface from a vector contours lines (or
from a set of points) you will need to use the Interpolation plugin.

Best regards,

Alexandre Neto


On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 2:56 PM, <HPETER784 at aol.com> wrote:

>  I am a new user of qgis 2.0.1 Dufour.
>
> I have a shapefile of contours sourced from the British Ordnance Survey
> via Stanfords in vector format.  I need the contours to be in Raster form,
> so that I can map the altitudes coloured in as  usual, say green for low
> levels to brown for higher altitudes.  Also I want to plot the slopes,
> which can only be calculated in Raster format.
>
> I don't think using the rasterising facility will work, since the
> shapefile only recognises the polylines in two dimensions and has no
> knowledge of the altitudes.
>
> I am wondering if I can digitize into a raster shapefile from the vector
> map on the computer screen.  But I cannot see how I can do this exactly.
>
> I suppose this is a common task, but how to do it?  Thanks for any
> advice.
>
> Peter Hutchinson,
> MILVERTON,
> Taunton
> 01823 400 272
> hpeter784 at aol.com
>
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