๐๐ข๐ช ๐ง๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก + ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ช๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ญ: ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐น๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ 1. Go to ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฟ. 2. Search for
๐๐ข๐ช ๐ง๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก + ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ช๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐๐ฆ
๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ญ: ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐น๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ
Go to ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฟ.
Search for your area of interest.
Download ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ง๐ ๐ญ ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ-๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ tiles covering your region.
๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ: ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ (๐๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น)
If you downloaded multiple tiles:
Open QGIS.
Go to ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ โ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ผ๐๐ โ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ (๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ง).
Select all DEM tiles.
Click ๐ฅ๐๐ป.
You now have a single seamless DEM.
๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ฏ: ๐๐น๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐
Open ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ฏ๐ผ๐ .
Search for ๐๐น๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.
Input layer โ Your DEM (or VRT).
Mask layer โ Your district/region boundary.
Click ๐ฅ๐๐ป.
Now you have a clean elevation map for your area.
๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ฐ: ๐ฆ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐๐๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ป๐)
Right-click the clipped DEM โ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ โ ๐ฆ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐.
Choose ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ.
Select a color ramp (e.g., green โ yellow โ brown).
Click ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ โ Apply โ OK.
This creates the elevation color variati
๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ฑ: ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ
Open ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ฏ๐ผ๐ .
Search for ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ.
Input layer โ Your clipped DEM.
Click ๐ฅ๐๐ป.
๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ฒ: ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Right-click the hillshade layer โ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐.
Under ๐ฆ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐, change ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ to ๐ ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐.
Click ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ โ OK.
Now you have realistic terrain relief.
๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ณ: ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐
Create a new ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ layer.
Digitize straight lines across areas of interest.
Style them:
Red color
Dashed or dott
Slightly thicker width
These will be your cross-section lines.
๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ด: ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐
Go to ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ โ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ.
In the Elevation Profile window:
Click ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ โ Add your DEM.
Click ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ โ Click along one of your profile lines.
Under ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐, set ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ = ๐๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
Your elevation graph will appear.
๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ต: ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐๐
Open ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ โ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐๐.
Add your main map.
Click ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ (bottom-left tools).
Draw the profile frame.
In the right panel โ Click ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ.
Repeat for all cross-section lines.
๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐
In the Layout, add:
Grid (with coordinates)
North arrow
Scale bar
Legend
Title
Data source
Credits
Inset map (optional but professional)
