Terrain elevation at coordinates API

Get the terrain elevation (height above sea level) at a latitude/longitude, in meters and feet, from a digital elevation model (Open-Meteo). Answers 'elevation at these coordinates', 'how high above sea level is this point', 'altitude of this location'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/maps/elevation

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit60/minute

Cache86400s public

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API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/maps/elevation

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "latitude": 27.9881,
  "longitude": 86.925
}

Example response

{
  "latitude": 27.9881,
  "longitude": 86.925,
  "elevationMeters": 8790,
  "elevationFeet": 28839
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "latitude",
    "longitude"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "latitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "examples": [
        27.9881
      ]
    },
    "longitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "examples": [
        86.925
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}