Is there any Elevation API for openstreetmap like the one we have for google maps? In google elevation API we can pass the coordinate and we get the elevation as a response.
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I've recently published Open-Elevation, a free and open-source elevation API also available at Github. We offer a free public API and documentation on how to setup your own instance of the product.
It's also available on Github.
Pull requests are welcome!
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It is not clear what data is behind the public API. Could you add that information? – adr Aug 08 '19 at 20:02
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1Open-Elevation does not appear to work at the moment. Bit of a shame as it looked like a fantastic project. Spent the last couple of hours trying stuff and not even the public api seems to work :( – Alex Horlock Jan 31 '20 at 14:24
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1The service should be working much more reliably now. Sadly, the service is widely used for free, but there is very little in the way of donations, so I have been unable to upgrade it properly to handle the load. A migration in the coming month (with more money coming out of my pocket each month) has made it available once more. – Jorl17 Aug 08 '21 at 01:45
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OpenStreetMap does not contain much elevation data. https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/3069/elevation-maps
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2There are other public data sources that one can use though, like SRTM/CGIAR etc – Karussell May 31 '17 at 06:32