Obtaining Elevation Profiles with Google Earth Aug 1, 2013 5:00 AM, By Doug Irwin, CPBE DRB AMD Have you put Google Earth (G-E) on your computer yet? I have been using it for a while now, and I’ve ...

We mentioned in our post on simulating lakes that Google Earth’s elevation data is often very inaccurate in mountainous areas. When looking around the 3D imagery of Rio de Janeiro, where the ...

Google offers the Google Maps Elevation API, but it has significant restrictions, including usage limits and most important, rules about what you may do with the data, especially this line: ...

That software kit provides elevation data for all locations on the surface of the Earth, Google says, including depths on the ocean floor.

The elevation information is available for almost all bike routes in the countries where Google makes bike routes available. The only exception appears to be those routes that are virtually flat.

As noted by TechCrunch, Google has recently added elevation data to bike routes in Google Maps. Google confirmed the new feature, which it left out of announcing in its big Maps updates earlier ...

The recently released Google Earth 5.2 makes this feature even better by adding other views like elevation and speed, as well as statistics like your average elevation, slope, and speed over the ...

When planning a hike or sightseeing excursion, it's always a good idea to see the altitude. Here's how to find elevation on Google Maps.

How to Show Elevation in Google Maps (Desktop) On the Google Maps site, in the top-left corner, click the "Search Google Maps" box. Enter a location, then select that place from the results.