# Elevation in QGis

**URL:** <https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevation-in-qgis/6760>\
**Category:** QGIS\
**Created:** [December 20, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevation-in-qgis/6760 "2024-12-20T02:16:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Vini\_lpg](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/user_avatar/ask.openrouteservice.org/vini_lpg/32/3410_2.png) [@Vini\_lpg](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/Vini_lpg)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevation-in-qgis/6760/1 "2024-12-20T02:16:02Z")

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Hello, everyone!  
I have a quick question. If I enable “elevation: true” in the ors-config file for a localhost config via Docker compose, is that enough for the elevation to be taken into account when generating isochrones using the QGIS plugin?

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**Author:** ![jschnell](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/user_avatar/ask.openrouteservice.org/jschnell/32/971_2.png) [@jschnell](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/jschnell)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevation-in-qgis/6760/2 "2024-12-20T10:54:45Z")

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Hey,

what do you mean by “taken into account”?

Elevation is currently not taken into account when calculating routes, but it is added as information to be able to display accurate height profiles.

Please check [our configuration documentation on elevation](https://giscience.github.io/openrouteservice/run-instance/configuration/engine/elevation) for all other details.

Best regards

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**Author:** ![Vini\_lpg](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/user_avatar/ask.openrouteservice.org/vini_lpg/32/3410_2.png) [@Vini\_lpg](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/Vini_lpg)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevation-in-qgis/6760/3 "2024-12-20T17:36:22Z")

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Hey, thank you for your response.  
This topic is relatively new to me, so I’ll try to clarify what I mean by ‘taken into account.’ When calculating pedestrian routes, I assume that steepness may influence travel time. Is there a way to account for these variations in terrain so that they impact travel time?

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**Author:** ![jschnell](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/user_avatar/ask.openrouteservice.org/jschnell/32/971_2.png) [@jschnell](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/jschnell)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevation-in-qgis/6760/4 "2024-12-20T22:45:49Z")

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Hey,

as stated, they are currently not influencing travel time, and there is currently no way to do so.  
While planned, this is not a high priority topic, but I’d expect it to happen in the not too distant future 🙂

Best regards

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**Author:** ![Vini\_lpg](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/user_avatar/ask.openrouteservice.org/vini_lpg/32/3410_2.png) [@Vini\_lpg](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/Vini_lpg)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 1:51am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/elevation-in-qgis/6760/5 "2024-12-21T01:51:31Z")

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Alright. I appreciate your attention