Elevation API¶

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Introduction¶

The Elevation API provides elevation data above the sea level for location on Earth’s surface. The Elevation API allows you to retrieve sampled elevation data along a path. This API can be useful for biking, trucking & in other routing applications.

Input Method¶

GET

Input URL¶

https://apis.mappls.com/advancedmaps/v1/<REST_KEY>/elevation?locations=lat1,lon1|lat2,lon2

Response Type¶

JSON: Response will served as JSON

Response Codes¶

200: To denote a successful API call.
204: DB Connection error.
400: Bad Request, User made an error while creating a valid request.
401: Unauthorized, Developer’s key is not allowed to send a request.
403: Forbidden, Developer’s key has hit its daily/hourly limit or IP or domain not white-listed.
404: HTTP not found
412: Precondition Failed, i.e. Mandatory parameter is missing
500: Internal Server Error, the request caused an error in our systems.
503: Service Unavailable, during our maintenance break or server down-times.

Request Parameters¶

Mandatory Parameters¶

locations: The location coordinates are expressed in pairs of (latitude,longitude|latitude,longitude).
REST_KEY: The REST API licence key allocated to you by signing into our services and registering yourself as a developer (28 Char Alphanumeric).

Sample Input¶

https://apis.mappls.com/advancedmaps/v1/<REST_KEY>/elevation?locations=9.538350,76.998825|8.930019,76.655587

Sample Response¶

{
    "responseCode": 200,
    "version": "211.18",
    "results": [
        {
            "longitude": 76.998825,
            "latitude": 9.53835,
            "elevation": 523
        },
        {
            "longitude": 76.655587,
            "latitude": 8.930019,
            "elevation": 31
        }
    ]
}

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