This example demonstrates the use of the ElevationService
object.
Click on the map to display the elevation at the clicked point. Read the
documentation.
TypeScript
function initMap(): void { const map = new google.maps.Map( document.getElementById("map") as HTMLElement, { zoom: 8, center: { lat: 63.333, lng: -150.5 }, // Denali. mapTypeId: "terrain", } ); const elevator = new google.maps.ElevationService(); const infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({}); infowindow.open(map); // Add a listener for the click event. Display the elevation for the LatLng of // the click inside the infowindow. map.addListener("click", (event) => { displayLocationElevation(event.latLng, elevator, infowindow); }); } function displayLocationElevation( location: google.maps.LatLng, elevator: google.maps.ElevationService, infowindow: google.maps.InfoWindow ) { // Initiate the location request elevator .getElevationForLocations({ locations: [location], }) .then(({ results }) => { infowindow.setPosition(location); // Retrieve the first result if (results[0]) { // Open the infowindow indicating the elevation at the clicked position. infowindow.setContent( "The elevation at this point <br>is " + results[0].elevation + " meters." ); } else { infowindow.setContent("No results found"); } }) .catch((e) => infowindow.setContent("Elevation service failed due to: " + e) ); } declare global { interface Window { initMap: () => void; } } window.initMap = initMap;
JavaScript
function initMap() { const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), { zoom: 8, center: { lat: 63.333, lng: -150.5 }, // Denali. mapTypeId: "terrain", }); const elevator = new google.maps.ElevationService(); const infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({}); infowindow.open(map); // Add a listener for the click event. Display the elevation for the LatLng of // the click inside the infowindow. map.addListener("click", (event) => { displayLocationElevation(event.latLng, elevator, infowindow); }); } function displayLocationElevation(location, elevator, infowindow) { // Initiate the location request elevator .getElevationForLocations({ locations: [location], }) .then(({ results }) => { infowindow.setPosition(location); // Retrieve the first result if (results[0]) { // Open the infowindow indicating the elevation at the clicked position. infowindow.setContent( "The elevation at this point <br>is " + results[0].elevation + " meters.", ); } else { infowindow.setContent("No results found"); } }) .catch((e) => infowindow.setContent("Elevation service failed due to: " + e), ); } window.initMap = initMap;
CSS
/* * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element * that contains the map. */ #map { height: 100%; } /* * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */ html, body { height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
HTML
<html> <head> <title>Elevation Service</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" /> <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script> </head> <body> <div id="map"></div> <!-- The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions, and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api for more information. --> <script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&v=weekly" defer ></script> </body> </html>
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Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application.
git clone -b sample-elevation-simple https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git
cd js-samples
npm i
npm start
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.
git checkout sample-SAMPLE_NAME
npm i
npm start