Yup! And the TIN Mesh Creation in QGIS was the first way I played with to model the terrain too, though I was less happy with how it looked. It's useful for me to see where the data is too sparse, but not a great view of the land itself.
You're correct, my data is still too sparse in some areas to give a good set of contours. It's been fun to see how the contours change as I add more data to the survey. It's part of the reason I decided to buy my own gear, because then I can spend as much time collecting data as I want without more cost.
Quite outdated now in many respects - and using work software worth thousands, at the time! (modern QGIS is great) - but you might find some of the crossover detail interesting.
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Yup! And the TIN Mesh Creation in QGIS was the first way I played with to model the terrain too, though I was less happy with how it looked. It's useful for me to see where the data is too sparse, but not a great view of the land itself.
You're correct, my data is still too sparse in some areas to give a good set of contours. It's been fun to see how the contours change as I add more data to the survey. It's part of the reason I decided to buy my own gear, because then I can spend as much time collecting data as I want without more cost.
This old forum thread details a similar project I did (on the data side) for somebody about 10 years ago.
https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/calling-all-sketc...
Quite outdated now in many respects - and using work software worth thousands, at the time! (modern QGIS is great) - but you might find some of the crossover detail interesting.