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vyakhir
vyakhir

Reputation: 1793

In which units does Google Elevation Api return results

Does anyone know, what are the measurement units of Google Elevation Api? Are those meters? feets?

The google elevation api documentation is not saying anything on that.

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2010

Answers (2)

Eric Chiang
Eric Chiang

Reputation: 56

The vertical datum for the elevation data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) is EGM96 (Earth Gravitational Model 1996) ellipsoid.

The elevation datum from the Google Elevation API is not stated in the documentation as Robert pointed out. I have seen projects related to sea water intrusion where knowledge about the vertical datum is important as a few feet of differences in the measurement can be critical.

Upvotes: 1

user1864610
user1864610

Reputation:

The elevation is in meters. The API documentation is clear - just read it more carefully.

Upvotes: 2

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