You would need to have a map that has the elevation data incorporated into the program you happen to use with editing tools. GIS is the only thing I can think of. Typical Topo maps are just image (JPEG) files with no way of relating the contours with the editing tools.
Believe me there are times where I just wished I could take a photo if a document with lots of words on it, upload it to an image editor, copy the text and paste but alas...I had to manually type it all