Free Elevation API Service

API Usage

To use the API, make a GET request to this endpoint with the required parameters. Here is an example request:

https://www.elevation-api.eu/v1/elevation/:lat/:lon[?json]

Parameters:

lat - Latitude of the location, WGS-84
lon - Longitude of the location, WGS-84
?json - Append this to have the result retuned as JSON

Response:

The API will return the elevation in meters. For example:

42

If the point is not into the DEM dataset, the response code will be 501 (or Null in JSON mode)

Try it out:

Get the elevation of the Lake Leman

JSON API endpoint (multi coordinates)

You can also request many coordinates at once by using the following endpoint: https://www.elevation-api.eu/v1/elevation?pts=[[lat1,lon1],[lat2,lon2],[lat3,lon3]]

Example


            https://www.elevation-api.eu/v1/elevation?pts=[[46.24566,6.17081],[46.85499,6.78134]]

Misc

Data source

The digital elevation data comes from ESA's Copernicus program.

Rate limits

Don't be an idiot. Less than 10/s is okay

Contact

For more information, you can reach me at f@vi-di.fr

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