The elevation service is a location service that returns TopoBathy elevation values for a single location or multiple locations. It provides seamless coverage for both topography (land elevation) and bathymetry (water depths). The service supports location inputs as longitude and latitude coordinates. All elevation values are returned in meters at the best resolution available. Elevation values can be returned as measures of ellipsoidal (geodetic) height above ground level or orthometric (geoid) height above mean sea level.
To access the service, you use /at-point to find an elevation value for a single location. For multiple locations (up to 100) use /at-many-points.
This documentation is the REST API reference for the service endpoint, requests, parameters, and supported types. The API reference is also available with the OpenAPI Specification.
Service endpoints
The following table lists the elevation service endpoints:
| Name | Method | Description |
|---|---|---|
GET | Returns the elevation from a given input coordinate. | |
POST | Returns elevations for up to 100 input coordinates. |
Service access
To access the static basemap tiles service, you need the following:
- An ArcGIS Location Platform account.
- An access token that includes the elevation service privilege.
Products and accounts
You can only access the elevation service if you have an ArcGIS Location Platform account. Use with ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise is not supported.
Terms of use
To see a complete description of the allowable usage, please see the Terms of use.