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Elevation

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Look up elevation at one or more points

elevation.lookup(ElevationLookupParams**kwargs) -> ElevationLookupResult

GET/api/v1/elevation

Look up elevation at one or more points

ParametersExpand Collapse

lat: Optional[float]

Latitude (single point)

lng: Optional[float]

Longitude (single point)

locations: Optional[str]

Pipe-separated lng,lat pairs (batch)

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class ElevationLookupResult: …

GeoJSON Point Feature with 3D coordinate [lng, lat, elevation] (RFC 7946 §3.1.1)

geometry: GeoJsonGeometry

coordinates: Union[List[float], List[List[float]], List[List[List[float]]], List[List[List[List[float]]]]]

GeoJSON coordinates array (nesting depth varies by geometry type)

One of the following:

List[float]

List[List[float]]

List[List[List[float]]]

List[List[List[List[float]]]]

type: Literal["Point", "LineString", "Polygon", 3 more]

One of the following:

"Point"

"LineString"

"Polygon"

"MultiPoint"

"MultiLineString"

"MultiPolygon"

properties: Properties

elevation_m: Optional[float]

Elevation in meters above mean sea level

type: Literal["Feature"]

Look up elevation at one or more points

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import os
from plaza import Plaza

client = Plaza(
    api_key=os.environ.get("PLAZA_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
elevation_lookup_result = client.elevation.lookup()
print(elevation_lookup_result.geometry)

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