Elevation API

Elevation lookup service provides digital elevation model (DEM) data as the result of a query. The elevation service data has many applications when combined with other routing and navigation data, including computing the steepness of roads and paths or generating an elevation profile chart along a route.

Inputs of the elevation service

An elevation service request takes the form of json={}, where the JSON inputs inside the {} includes location information.

Use Shape list for input location

The elevation request run locally takes the form of json={}, where the JSON inputs inside the {} are described below.

A shape request must include a latitude and longitude in decimal degrees, and the locations are visited in the order specified. The input coordinates can come from many input sources, such as a GPS location, a point or a click on a map, a geocoding service, and so on.

These parameters are available for shape.

Shape Parameters

Parameter	Description
lat	Latitude of the location in degrees
lon	Longitude of the location in degrees
token	token parameter is required /elevation/?token=YOUR TOKEN

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Example 1: Request with range and shape

{"range":true,"shape":[{"lat":40.712431,"lon":-76.504916},{"lat":40.712275,"lon":-76.605259},{"lat":40.712122,"lon":-76.805694},{"lat":40.722431,"lon":-76.884916},{"lat":40.812275,"lon":-76.905259},{"lat":40.912122,"lon":-76.965694}]}

Example 2:

{"shape":[{"lat":40.712433,"lon":-76.504913},{"lat":40.712276,"lon":-76.605263},{"lat":40.712124,"lon":-76.805695},{"lat":40.722431,"lon":-76.884918},{"lat":40.812275,"lon":-76.905258},{"lat":40.912121,"lon":-76.965691}],"range_height":[[0,307],[8467,272],[25380,204],[32162,204],[42309,180],[54533,198]]}

Example 3:

{"range":true,"shape":[{"lat":40.712431,"lon":-76.504916},{"lat":40.712275,"lon":-76.605259},{"lat":40.712122,"lon":-76.805694},{"lat":40.722431,"lon":-76.884916},{"lat":40.812275,"lon":-76.905259},{"lat":40.912122,"lon":-76.965694}]}