Public API Documentation

Open-Elevation's API is extremely simple -- after all, it fits a single, specific, simple task. There is only one endpoint, which is documented here.

GET /api/v1/lookup

Returns ("looks up") the elevation at one or more (latitude,longitude) points.

The GET API is limited to 1024 bytes in the request line. If you plan on making large requests, consider using the POST api.

Parameters:

• locations: List of locations, separated by | in latitude, longitude format, similar to the Google Elevation API.

Response format

A JSON object with a single list of results, in the results field is returned. Each result contains latitude, longitude and elevation. The results are in the same order as the request parameters. Elevation is in meters.

If there is no recorded elevation at the provided coordinate, sea level (0 meters) is returned.

{
	"results":
	[
		{
			"latitude": ...,
			"longitude": ...,
			"elevation": ...
		},
		...
	]
}

Example:

Request

curl 'https://api.open-elevation.com/api/v1/lookup?locations=10,10|20,20|41.161758,-8.583933'

Response

{
   "results":
   [
      {
         "longitude":10.0,
         "elevation":515,
         "latitude":10.0
      },
      {
         "longitude":20.0,
         "elevation":545,
         "latitude":20.0
      },
      {
         "latitude":41.161758,
         "elevation":117,
         "longitude":-8.583933
      }
   ]
}

POST /api/v1/lookup

Returns ("looks up") the elevation at one or more (latitude,longitude) points.

The POST API currently has no limit

Parameters:

• A JSON (and respective headers) is required with the format:

{
    "locations":
    [
        {
            "latitude": ...,
            "longitude": ...
        },
        ...
}

Response format

A JSON object with a single list of results, in the results field is returned. Each result contains latitude, longitude and elevation. The results are in the same order as the request parameters. Elevation is in meters.

If there is no recorded elevation at the provided coordinate, sea level (0 meters) is returned.

{
	"results":
	[
		{
			"latitude": ...,
			"longitude": ...,
			"elevation": ...
		},
		...
	]
}

Example:

Request

curl -X POST \
  https://api.open-elevation.com/api/v1/lookup \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
	"locations":
	[
		{
			"latitude": 10,
			"longitude": 10
		},
		{
			"latitude":20,
			"longitude": 20
		},
		{
			"latitude":41.161758,
			"longitude":-8.583933
		}
	]

}'

Response

{
   "results":
   [
      {
         "longitude":10.0,
         "elevation":515,
         "latitude":10.0
      },
      {
         "longitude":20.0,
         "elevation":545,
         "latitude":20.0
      },
      {
         "latitude":41.161758,
         "elevation":117,
         "longitude":-8.583933
      }
   ]
}