Creating a Topo Map From Lidar Data in QGIS

In this tutorial I show how to create a topo map using lidar data provided by WA DNR.
QGIS software: www.qgis.org/
My topo map: www.pnwlidar.com

[@stuartb3502]

Cracking. Only just installed QGIS so total newbie, but this helped me use some UK Lidar data to create a map with contours. I found that the contour layers were inmemory layers and I needed to add teh Mamory Layer Saver plugin so tyhat these were saved with the project.

[@sat_nd]

Amazing !!

[@stormhatley1169]

Truly life changing!

[@LASchub]

Thanks for this! Any chance you'd be willing to share the settings files or at least the computations you used?

[@mystatwo]

Is there a way to crop the LIDAR image before creating the topo to lessen the workload? - Update: I figured it out. Raster - Extraction - Clip Raster by Extent.