# openelevationservice **URL:** https://ask.openrouteservice.org/c/elevation/9.md [Latest](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/categories.md) --- ## [About the openelevationservice category](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/about-the-openelevationservice-category/17)
**Author:** [@openrouteservice](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/openrouteservice)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/about-the-openelevationservice-category/17 "2018-11-22T12:47:22Z")
If you have any questions about openelevationservice, which data is being used or how to use the service please place them here. --- ## [Syncing openrouteservice results to Notion](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/syncing-openrouteservice-results-to-notion/7770)
**Author:** [@mar\_ros](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/mar_ros)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/syncing-openrouteservice-results-to-notion/7770 "2025-11-03T13:44:00Z")
Hi all, has anyone synced openrouteservice outputs into a Notion database using the Notion API? I want to log runs from directions, isochrones, or matrices in a table with fields like origin, destination, profile, distan… --- ## [Elevation point in local environment](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevation-point-in-local-environment/6769)
**Author:** [@agocurti](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/agocurti)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevation-point-in-local-environment/6769 "2025-01-03T11:59:56Z")
Hi folks. I’m using ORS 900 in local environment. All is working fine. Only I cannot use the url’s like the following: /ors/v2/elevation/point?api\_key={{token}}&geometry=\[any lon\],\[any lat\] because I get the error: { … --- ## [Whole number lon/lat causes Elevation Point service failure](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/whole-number-lon-lat-causes-elevation-point-service-failure/6643)
**Author:** [@safetydave](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/safetydave)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/whole-number-lon-lat-causes-elevation-point-service-failure/6643 "2024-12-09T13:57:28Z")
Thank you for these amazing free and open source services! I have a strange but reproducible error. When using integer values for either lon or lat, or whole number float values (e.g. 38.0), then Elevation Point service… --- ## [Negative coordinates](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/negative-coordinates/6718)
**Author:** [@agocurti](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/agocurti)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/negative-coordinates/6718 "2024-12-07T12:28:29Z")
I’m trying to call …/elevation/point?.. with positive coordinates and all is ok, but if I use a negative long (or lat) I obtain a ‘500 server error’… What am I doing wrong? --- ## [No elevation for Finland and northern Sweden](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/no-elevation-for-finland-and-northern-sweden/6636)
**Author:** [@PasiSalenius](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/PasiSalenius)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2024, 7:51am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/no-elevation-for-finland-and-northern-sweden/6636 "2024-11-04T07:51:49Z")
Hi, just started using your openelevationservice for my mobile app. It looks like I’m getting an error for all elevation requests in Finland and northern parts of Sweden. Otherwise my test requests are working fine acros… --- ## [Update addresses The Netherlands](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/update-addresses-the-netherlands/6114)
**Author:** [@m.khaled](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/m.khaled)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/update-addresses-the-netherlands/6114 "2024-05-13T13:57:42Z")
Greetings, I am currently implementing ORS in my internship website and it works very well, although i do see that new addresses are not findable via ORS. As far as i know this specific address is 5 years old, i am wond… --- ## [Selfhost OpenElevationService](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/selfhost-openelevationservice/5339)
**Author:** [@FingerlessGloves](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/FingerlessGloves)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/selfhost-openelevationservice/5339 "2023-10-18T11:47:31Z")
I’m trying to setup the various API in our own environment, I have successfully deployed openrouteservice, but I’m also looking at deploying the other endpoints (geocode, pois, elevation, optimization) Is there like a f… --- ## [What is the maximum length of the provided points when using elevation/line route?](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/what-is-the-maximum-length-of-the-provided-points-when-using-elevation-line-route/4562)
**Author:** [@NevenD](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/NevenD)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/what-is-the-maximum-length-of-the-provided-points-when-using-elevation-line-route/4562 "2023-02-15T10:19:46Z")
Hi all, I was using your services for a while now where I’m fetching z values for polylines. During my testing phase I noticed that with a larger dataset (polyline - that contained more than 2500 points) I’ve got bad re… --- ## [Is elevation in meters?](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/is-elevation-in-meters/4307)
**Author:** [@kevinlinxc](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/kevinlinxc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2022, 8:44am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/is-elevation-in-meters/4307 "2022-10-28T08:44:59Z")
https://openrouteservice-py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#module-openrouteservice.elevation Is the elevation returned by this function/ the elevation/line API endpoint in meters? I think it should be made obvious somewhere… --- ## [Elevation Service and status.openrouteservice.org](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevation-service-and-status-openrouteservice-org/3456)
**Author:** [@ArouG](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/ArouG)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevation-service-and-status-openrouteservice-org/3456 "2022-01-10T10:20:43Z")
Is possible to know what line of status.openrouteservice.org is concerned for elevation please ? And … what is HGV service ? --- ## [Optimization ORS and Vroom locally, running in Python](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/optimization-ors-and-vroom-locally-running-in-python/3387)
**Author:** [@orlandoandradeb](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/orlandoandradeb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/optimization-ors-and-vroom-locally-running-in-python/3387 "2021-12-09T15:01:23Z")
Hello I start to use ORS library in Python to generate some optimization in VRP problem. Rigth now I am doing it using the ORS´s API but I would like to do it locally. Is there a way that I can install both software (OR… --- ## [Elevation line fails with geometry.lat \>45°](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevation-line-fails-with-geometry-lat-45/2579)
**Author:** [@Patrick\_D](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/Patrick_D)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevation-line-fails-with-geometry-lat-45/2579 "2021-03-03T08:14:46Z")
Hi, When using elevation/line service, I got this message error : "message" : "GeometryError: The requested geometry is outside the bounds of srtm" curl -X POST \\ 'https://api.openrouteservice.org/elevation/line' … --- ## [OpenElevationService gives different elevation than other services](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/openelevationservice-gives-different-elevation-than-other-services/2525)
**Author:** [@ThomasDaheim](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/ThomasDaheim)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/openelevationservice-gives-different-elevation-than-other-services/2525 "2021-02-13T12:55:14Z")
E.g. Mt. Everest @ 27.9881° N, 86.9250° E https://www.freemaptools.com/elevation-finder.htm gives 8840m My own implementation of SRTM lookup gives 8840m https://openrouteservice.org/dev/#/api-docs/elevation/point/get … --- ## [POST elevation API use in MATLAB](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/post-elevation-api-use-in-matlab/1510)
**Author:** [@Thomas](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/Thomas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/post-elevation-api-use-in-matlab/1510 "2020-03-26T18:40:19Z")
Hi all, I am trying to use the POST elevation API in Matlab. I succeeded with GET, but want to go deeper. I have tried this, but it doesnt work: url = 'https://api.openrouteservice.org/elevation/line'; hf = {'Accept',… --- ## [Elevation API not returning same number of points as sent to it](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevation-api-not-returning-same-number-of-points-as-sent-to-it/343)
**Author:** [@abhiank](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/abhiank)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevation-api-not-returning-same-number-of-points-as-sent-to-it/343 "2020-01-16T17:14:43Z")
Hi folks at openRouteService, I’m using the elevation api to query elevation along an entire path. The path which I’m querying has more than 2000 points so I’m breaking the main polyline into polylines of 2000 points ea… --- ## [Elevation fails on sea area](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevation-fails-on-sea-area/912)
**Author:** [@WTracks](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/WTracks)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 6:34am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevation-fails-on-sea-area/912 "2019-09-06T06:34:03Z")
Hi When using elevation service (web api), I get errors whenever a point is located in the sea. Eg: https://api.openrouteservice.org/elevation/point?api\_key=&geometry=5.27618408203125,43.23569871191609 returns { “co… --- ## [ElevationLineService API gives back an integer?](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevationlineservice-api-gives-back-an-integer/333)
**Author:** [@richard.revesz](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/richard.revesz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2019, 8:52am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevationlineservice-api-gives-back-an-integer/333 "2019-03-20T08:52:17Z")
Hi, I am testing the elevation line service api, and it keeps giving me back integers as elevation value: https://openrouteservice.org/dev/#/api-docs/elevation/line/post However, https://maps.openrouteservice.org/direc… --- ## [Can we have one more digit in the elevation's information?](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/can-we-have-one-more-digit-in-the-elevations-information/166)
**Author:** [@mircozorzo](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/mircozorzo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/can-we-have-one-more-digit-in-the-elevations-information/166 "2018-12-28T21:07:15Z")
Hi, i like so much ORS. The app could be more useful giving the information about the route elevation with more digit after dot. For example this route http://bit.ly/2PZJFt7 give a total elevation gain of 3.9 km. For …