Height of terrain Google Map Api v2

Question

Like in tilte, is there any way to get height of the terrain from the google map? I know that apps like Endomondo using the profile of the area in meters above sea. Can i do it in my app using some libaries or api?

Answer 1

I know that this is an old question but I think that what you need is this: The Google Elevation API

It would have been nice if we could just get that elevation from com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap but it seems that we are restricted to that 2500 courtesy limit from their api... which is pretty sad.

Answer 2

It's altitude.

On Android Google Maps API V2, release on May, 2013, you can get it from the Location object from

LocationClient, getLastLocation().getAltitude();       

On Android Google Maps API V2, release on Feb, 2013, you can get it from

GoogleMap, getMyLocation().getAltitude();    

But the tricky thing is the Altitude I got always 0.