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Elevation2Plot

Generate elevation plots using open-elevation API and Google Earth.

Open-Elevation is a free and open-source alternative to the Google Elevation API and similar offerings.
Open-Elevation API - https://api.open-elevation.com
More info: https://open-elevation.com
GitHub: https://github.com/Jorl17/open-elevation

Requirements

  • Python 3.3+
  • Google Earth Pro
  • Windows, Linux or macOS

Usage

  • Add the path using Google Earth
  • Right Click on path > Save place as...
  • Save the '.kmz' file
  • Simply run the Elevation2Plot.py file, passing in the the kmz file which you have exported from Google Earth previously
Elevation2Plot.py <filename.kmz>

Examples

Elevation plot from Google Earth:

GoogleEarthImage

Generated plot:

GoogleEarthImage

License

GNU General Public License v3.0

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU GPLv3

Google Earth, Google Earth Pro are Copyright © by Google

Disclaimer

Open-Elevation API is a free and open-source alternative to Google Elevation API. The elevation plots generated from this script might be inacurate in some conditions.