Find Elevation on Map
Determine the elevation at any point on the world map.
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Description
Use a map to determining the elevation when a point is located on a map. You can click/tap as many times as required to find the elevation of multiple points.

Example : Elevation of the Statue of Liberty, New York City
How To Use
- Click on the map on a location where you wish to find the altitude
- The altitude will be displayed in the message box below the map and when you hover over the marker
- You can click to place more than one marker and return to hover over each in order to find out the altitude again
- Click the [Clear Map] button in order to remove all markers and start again
- Use the search option to find a place
- Click on a marker to remove it
You can also access a CSV list of latitude, longitude, altitude in meters and altitude in feet for every marker you place on the map.
Future Updates and Ideas
- Allow input of location by latitude, longitude coordinates
References and Attributions
Terrain Tiles was accessed on 27th November 2022 from https://registry.opendata.aws/terrain-tiles
Relevant Links
Leaflet - Leaflet is the leading open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps
Version History
- Version 1 (28/09/2008)
- Version 1.1 (28/12/2008)
- Added quick find option
- Version 1.2 (21/03/2009)
- Enlarged output text at bottom of map
- Version 1.3 (04/12/2009)
- Output now also displayed in feet
- Version 2.0 (10/08/2010)
- Implemented Google Maps API V3
- Now uses the Google Maps API Elevation Service
- Version 2.1 (11/08/2010)
- Added new local search facility
- Brought back output in feet
- Version 2.2 (17/08/2010)
- Added output to CSV option to allow export of latitude, longitude, meters and feet
- Version 2.3 (31/08/2011)
- Now outputs altitude immediately from a search
- Version 2.4 (07/10/2013)
- Added scale control
- Version 2.4 (10/11/2013)
- Removed Google Local Search API (Deprecated)
- Version 3.0 (23/11/2013) - You are here
- Added option to Upload and Plot Addresses with their elevation
- Version 3.1 (26/10/2015)
- New option to draw a line between the markers
- Version 3.2 (18/08/2016)
- Cumulative distance is now output
- Version 3.3 (16/10/2016)
- Clicking on an elevation marker now removes it
- Version 4.0 (27th September 2018)
- Switched to Leaflet Maps
- Version 4.1 (4th October 2018)
- Search tool added
- Version 4.2 (4th October 2018)
- New Elevation data provider
- Version 4.3 (15th November 2022)
- Bug Fix : Cumulative Distance issue when removing markers
- Version 5.0 (29th November 2022)
- Update : New Data Source