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Elevation Profile In Google Maps

Published at April 21, 2007 in DEM and Google Maps. 2 Comments


Once again via Ogle Earth, a nifty little tool called Elevation Mapper. Enter two positions in Google Maps, either by typing them in or clicking on the map, and get an elevation profile between the two:

Getting an elevation profile using a Google Maps interface

Counterintuitively, the “flat Earth” box needs to be checked for this to work.

If you have a DEM (digital elevation model) for an area, you can create a similar profile using 3DEM, either for a straight line or an arbitrary line/GPS track. With a high-resolution DEM, this would give you a more accurate profile.

Other posts in the Google Maps Tools series

  1. Coordinate Data From Google Maps
  2. Reverse Address Geocoding With Google Maps
  3. Converting Google Maps Search Results To GPX
  4. Coordinate, Elevation, Distance And More In Google Maps
  5. Google Maps "My Maps" Features
  6. Measuring Elevation, Distance And Area In Google Maps
  7. Creating GPS Routes In Google Maps
  8. Thematic Polygon Shapefile Display In Google Maps
  9. Using The Google Maps Interface To Display General Maps And Images
  10. Heat Mapping In Google Maps
  11. Elevation Profile In Google Maps
  12. Embed Google Maps "My Maps" On Your Web Page
  13. Customizing Google Maps Markers
  14. Two Fun Cartographic Google Maps Tools
  15. Simple Guide To Embedding Google Maps "My Maps" On Your Own Webpage
  16. Another Google Maps Geocoder/Reverse Geocoder
  17. Drawing Lines Between Points In Google Maps, Straight And Great Circle
  18. Convert A Google Maps Point To Multiple Text Geographic Formats
  19. Meet Your Friends Halfway
  20. Plotting Swivel Data In Google Maps
  21. Meet Your Friends Halfway II
  22. Geographic Midpoint Calculator
  23. GIS-Like Functionality In Google Maps With ZeeMaps
  24. Creating GPS Waypoints Online From The USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
  25. MapMyRide.com
  26. Exporting KML Data From Google Maps MyMaps To A GPS
  27. Advanced Tool For Embedding Google Maps MyMaps On Your Website
  28. Draw/Label On Google Maps, And Generate GPX/KML/Embeddable Maps
  29. Another Way To Create Embeddable Google Maps With KML Data
  30. Documenting A Journey With Maptales
  31. Plot A Coordinate Position On Different Map Pages
  32. Worldwide Reverse Geocoding With Google Maps
  33. Google Maps Shaded Relief Site Updates
  34. Digipoint 2: Export Of Google Maps Points In Multiple Formats, And Elevation Data
  35. Google Maps Line Tool Now Supports Distance Measurement
  36. Geographically-Linked Video With VeoGeo
  37. Recent Google Maps Tools
  38. Google Maps Mapplets From Zonums Software
  39. Maximize Google Maps With Google Maps Max
  40. Mapping Zip And Area Code Boundaries, And More
  41. Altitudes And Terrain Profiles In Google Maps
  42. “Friendly” URLs To Address Maps
  43. Quick Zip Code Information
  44. Simple Online Form For Creating An Embeddable Google Map
  45. Embed Synchronized Google/Microsoft Virtual Earth Maps On Your Website/Blog
  46. Worldwide Contour Lines In Google Maps’ Terrain View
  47. Plot Gazetteer Features In A Google Maps Interface
  48. Antipodes Map

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2 Responses to “Elevation Profile In Google Maps”

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  1. 1 sher
    Apr 1st, 2009 at 7:54 am

    Hi I’m trying to find a way to filter for us cities (or world cities for that matter) that are between 3000 feet and 4000 feet elevation… any suggestions? Thanks.

  2. 2 Leszek Pawlowicz
    Apr 1st, 2009 at 9:20 pm

    Check the blog tomorrow (4/2/09); I’ll have a post up on that.

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