Elevation Profile
Plugin ID: 4945
High-Precision 2D Terrain Profiling Tool for RF Site Audit and Network Planning.
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Elevation Profile is an essential tool for Network Planning and Optimization (NPO) Engineers and GIS professionals. It allows users to instantly generate highly accurate 2D elevation profiles directly from loaded DEM/Raster data or Free Online APIs. Key features include:
* Online & Offline DEM: Seamlessly switch between local offline Raster files or free global Online APIs (Open-Meteo 90m & OpenTopoData 30m SRTM) without requiring any API keys.
* Dual Mode UI: Instantly toggle between Dark Mode and an elegant Ivory Light Mode to suit outdoor field work or late-night planning.
* Interactive Line Drawing: Draw a path on the map with real-time live tooltips displaying Azimuth and Distance, and instantly view the elevation cross-section to verify Line of Sight (LoS).
* Dynamic Terrain Smoothing: Adjust Sigma values on the fly to filter noise from raw DEM sources like AW3D30, DEMNAS, or SRTM.
* QGIS 4 Ready: Fully refactored to support PyQt6 while maintaining seamless backward compatibility with QGIS 3.x.
* Real-Time Summary: Automatically calculates total distance, minimum, maximum, and average elevation.
* High-Res Export: Export elevation profiles to PNG or scalable SVG formats for professional technical reporting.
Bridging the gap between GIS contour data and RF Planning workflows, this tool makes physical terrain analysis faster and more intuitive without needing heavy RF software.
