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Extract elevations from DEM

ElevationRemote sensing
Extract elevation values at points from DEM. Returns a CSV file with coordinates and elevations.
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CSV file with points coordinates. Column names must be in Latin
Name of latitude column in the CSV file. Case-sensitive
Name of longitude column in the CSV file. Case-sensitive
CSV
One of output formats: CSV, ESRI Shapefile, MapInfo TAB, GeoJSON, GPKG, DXF, FlatGeobuf.
Copernicus
Choose one of the elevation datasets

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The extraction of elevations from DEM. Returns CSV with coordinates and altitude.

Inputs:

  • ZIP-compressed CSV - CSV table with coordinates of points. Delimiter should be comma. Corrdinates are floating values. File should not have spaces and should contain only latin symbols. How to prepare the file in QGIS.

  • Latitude - name of the Latitude column. Case-sensitive.

  • Longitude - name of the Lonitude column. Case-sensitive.

  • Output format:

    • CSV

    • ESRI Shapefile

    • MapInfo TAB

    • GeoJSON

    • GPKG

    • DXF

    • FlatGeobuf.

  • Elevation dataset - select one of the following:

    • Copernicus

    • ALOS - ALOS World 3D has resolution of 30 meters

    • MERITDEM

    • GEBCO - resolution is 15 sec (about 500 meters).

Outputs:

  • CSV file or ZIP-compressed file of other selected format with coordinates and elevation values for the points.

How to prepare data

To save a point layer as a CSV file with coordinates in QGIS, go to Layer –> Save as. In the Format field select “Comma separated values.

In the Layer options section select for the GEOMETRY field the option AS_XY. The resulting file will have longitude in the X column and latitude in Y column.

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Exporting point layer as CSV

Try the tool in action

  1. Click on the Demo button above the tool form. The fields are filled in with demo values.

  2. Click on the Run button.

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