How to Create an Elevation Profile in QGIS

  1. Load a DEM into your QGIS map
  2. Load or create a line layer
  3. Install the plugin qProf (there are many profile tools, this is just one example)
  4. Run the tool
    • Define Source DEM
    • Choose the line layer
    • Read the source data
    • Calculate Statistics (outputs a text window)
    • Create Topographic Profile (outputs a graph)

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