You asked for it, and here it is! http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2010/03/aint-no-mountain-high-enough.html
We're very excited to announce our new service allowing developers to query elevation data across the entire globe. You can request elevation data against any given location using either of the following two options. 1. ElevationService class, featured in the JavaScript Maps API V3: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/v3/services.html#Elevation 2. Elevation Web Service, featuring a standard HTTP interface: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/elevation/ The Elevation service provides elevation data for all locations on the surface of the earth. This also includes depth locations on the ocean floor, which will return negative values. If exact elevation measurements are unknown at the requested location, the service will interpolate and return an averaged value using four of the nearest locations. Overall, we're hoping the Elevation service will help you build higher- quality applications catered towards hiking, biking, mobile positioning, and low resolution surveying. ==== As always, we'd love to hear your feedback around this exciting new feature. Thanks! Dann -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to google-maps-js-api...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
