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Elevation Profile In Google Maps



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.


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2 Responses to “Elevation Profile In Google Maps”


  1. 1 sher

    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

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

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