elevation
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Sample terrain elevation. Provide points (a bare list of coordinates) for point elevation, or encoded_polyline (optionally with resample_distance_m) for an along-route profile — not both. Returns one sample per point/resampled point in order; elevation_m is null wherever the engine's DEM tile set has no coverage at that point (never a guess). The encoded_polyline form also returns each sample's resampled lat/lon and cumulative range_km from the start.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| encoded_polyline | string | null | no | A route as a Google encoded polyline with six digits of precision. Provide this or `points`, not both. |
| points | array | null | no | Points to sample. Provide this or `encoded_polyline`, not both. |
| resample_distance_m | number | null | no | Resamples `encoded_polyline` at this spacing in metres before sampling height (ignored for `points`). |
Raw JSON schema
{
"$defs": {
"LatLon": {
"description": "A WGS84 coordinate pair in decimal degrees.",
"properties": {
"lat": {
"description": "Latitude in decimal degrees (−90 to 90).",
"format": "double",
"type": "number"
},
"lon": {
"description": "Longitude in decimal degrees (−180 to 180).",
"format": "double",
"type": "number"
}
},
"required": [
"lat",
"lon"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"encoded_polyline": {
"description": "A route as a Google encoded polyline with six digits of precision.\nProvide this or `points`, not both.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"points": {
"description": "Points to sample. Provide this or `encoded_polyline`, not both.",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/LatLon"
},
"type": [
"array",
"null"
]
},
"resample_distance_m": {
"description": "Resamples `encoded_polyline` at this spacing in metres before\nsampling height (ignored for `points`).",
"format": "double",
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
}
},
"type": "object"
}