Elevation Service

The Elevation Service provides a REST API for querying elevation data for geographic coordinates. The API supports the JSON format. The request is limited to 500 points.

Endpoints

Get Elevation for a Point

Retrieves the elevation for a specific geographic point.

POST https://elevation.smartmaps.cloud/api/v2/Elevation/point

GET https://elevation.smartmaps.cloud/api/v2/Elevation/point

Parameters:

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
apiKey	Yes	string	API key for authentication
channel	No	string	Channel for the request
latitude	Yes	number	Latitude of the point
longitude	Yes	number	Longitude of the point

The request body for POST must be a JSON object with a points array containing the points to query.POST Request Body Example

{
  "points": [
    {
      "latitude": 48.123,
      "longitude": 11.567
    }
  ]
}

Response:The response is a JSON object containing the elevation values for the specified points.

Data Model

ElevationPointRequest

Property	Type	Description
points	Array[GeoPoint]	Array of geographic points

GeoPoint

Property	Type	Description
latitude	number	Latitude
longitude	number	Longitude

The response contains the elevation values in meters above sea level for the provided coordinates.

Swagger

For more detailed information on the response structures please refer to the full Swagger documentation.