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I'd like to create polygon shapefiles to communicate elevation information on regional maps. I find these draped over a hill shade layer provide one of the best base maps.

I can tell some cartographers are creating these by hand by digitizing vector features over raster maps, but others are clearly created automatically.

Currently, I am using the following procedure:

1. Convert contour lines from a single part to multipart


2. Polygonize multipart contour lines


3. Join contour data to new polygonized contours


4. classify based on elevation


5. simplify as required

I'm having a couple of problems creating these layers (in QGIS):

1. Creating polygons from closed contour lines (not line segments) is fine, but if the line has a start and end point, it is not a feature with an area that I can create a polygon from.


2. Contour interval data is dropped during conversion, so I have to join the original contour lines to the new polygons to include this information.

I think I have ways around all these problems, but I'd like a quick and easy way to do these conversions since it's a procedure I plan to do for many locations.

Does anyone know of a script that may expedite this process, or a guide demonstrating the preferred way to achieve this result?

qgis contour basemap

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  You are asking for "better" which is a bit subjective. What specific problem (time, reliability, visual appearance of result) are you trying to improve? Also looks like your examples aren't rendering. If you are just looking for quick regular contours, its usual to take a DEM and have the GIS generate the contours as a layer.
  
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  Have you tried gdaldem in color-relief mode?
  
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  Are you certain that you need polygons? Why not color the DEM using discreet color maps?
  
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  A DEM classified by elevation achieves a similar effect, but doesn't look nearly as good. The screenshot of example 1 in my original post is zoomed in to a small corner of a map. If this was done with a raster, the map would be an eyesore.
  
  – ryanoceros
  Oct 1 '17 at 21:21
  

  
  
  
  

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5

1

I'd like to create polygon shapefiles to communicate elevation information on regional maps. I find these draped over a hill shade layer provide one of the best base maps.

I can tell some cartographers are creating these by hand by digitizing vector features over raster maps, but others are clearly created automatically.

Currently, I am using the following procedure:

1. Convert contour lines from a single part to multipart


2. Polygonize multipart contour lines


3. Join contour data to new polygonized contours


4. classify based on elevation


5. simplify as required

I'm having a couple of problems creating these layers (in QGIS):

1. Creating polygons from closed contour lines (not line segments) is fine, but if the line has a start and end point, it is not a feature with an area that I can create a polygon from.


2. Contour interval data is dropped during conversion, so I have to join the original contour lines to the new polygons to include this information.

I think I have ways around all these problems, but I'd like a quick and easy way to do these conversions since it's a procedure I plan to do for many locations.

Does anyone know of a script that may expedite this process, or a guide demonstrating the preferred way to achieve this result?

qgis contour basemap

share|improve this question

edited 8 mins ago

Taras

2,3112727

asked Sep 29 '17 at 22:41

ryanocerosryanoceros

262

• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You are asking for "better" which is a bit subjective. What specific problem (time, reliability, visual appearance of result) are you trying to improve? Also looks like your examples aren't rendering. If you are just looking for quick regular contours, its usual to take a DEM and have the GIS generate the contours as a layer.
  
  – BradHards
  Sep 29 '17 at 23:11
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Have you tried gdaldem in color-relief mode?
  
  – user30184
  Sep 30 '17 at 7:43
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Are you certain that you need polygons? Why not color the DEM using discreet color maps?
  
  – underdark♦
  Sep 30 '17 at 12:06
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  A DEM classified by elevation achieves a similar effect, but doesn't look nearly as good. The screenshot of example 1 in my original post is zoomed in to a small corner of a map. If this was done with a raster, the map would be an eyesore.
  
  – ryanoceros
  Oct 1 '17 at 21:21
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I'd like to create polygon shapefiles to communicate elevation information on regional maps. I find these draped over a hill shade layer provide one of the best base maps.

I can tell some cartographers are creating these by hand by digitizing vector features over raster maps, but others are clearly created automatically.

Currently, I am using the following procedure:

1. Convert contour lines from a single part to multipart


2. Polygonize multipart contour lines


3. Join contour data to new polygonized contours


4. classify based on elevation


5. simplify as required

I'm having a couple of problems creating these layers (in QGIS):

1. Creating polygons from closed contour lines (not line segments) is fine, but if the line has a start and end point, it is not a feature with an area that I can create a polygon from.


2. Contour interval data is dropped during conversion, so I have to join the original contour lines to the new polygons to include this information.

I think I have ways around all these problems, but I'd like a quick and easy way to do these conversions since it's a procedure I plan to do for many locations.

Does anyone know of a script that may expedite this process, or a guide demonstrating the preferred way to achieve this result?

qgis contour basemap

share|improve this question

edited 8 mins ago

Taras

2,3112727

asked Sep 29 '17 at 22:41

ryanocerosryanoceros

262

share|improve this question

edited 8 mins ago

Taras

2,3112727

asked Sep 29 '17 at 22:41

ryanocerosryanoceros

262

share|improve this question

edited 8 mins ago

Taras

2,3112727

asked Sep 29 '17 at 22:41

ryanocerosryanoceros

262

edited 8 mins ago

Taras

2,3112727

edited 8 mins ago

Taras

2,3112727

asked Sep 29 '17 at 22:41

ryanocerosryanoceros

262

asked Sep 29 '17 at 22:41

ryanocerosryanoceros

262