Elevation API Usage and Billing

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Billing and pricing for the Elevation API

For information about how Google calculates your billing and pricing, see Google Maps Platform pricing list or Google Maps Platform pricing list - India.

SKU: Elevation

This SKU bills for requests to the Maps JavaScript API Elevation service or to the Elevation API.

  Category Pro
  Billable event Request
  Triggers Billing is triggered for requests to the following services:
  Pricing Main pricing table
India pricing table

Other usage limits

While there is no maximum number of requests per day, the following usage limits are still in place for the Elevation API:

  • 512 locations per request.
  • 6,000 QPM (requests per minute), calculated as the sum of client-side and server-side queries.

Terms of Use restrictions

For information on terms of use, see policies for the Elevation API, and the License Restrictions section of the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service.