Elevation Service

This example demonstrates the use of the ElevationService object. Click the map to display the elevation at the clicked point. Read the documentation.

TypeScript

async function init(): Promise<void> {
    const [{ InfoWindow }, { ElevationService }] = await Promise.all([
        google.maps.importLibrary('maps'),
        google.maps.importLibrary('elevation'),
    ]);

    const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map')!;
    const innerMap = mapElement.innerMap;

    const elevator = new ElevationService();
    const infowindow = new InfoWindow();

    infowindow.open(innerMap);

    // Add a listener for the click event. Display the elevation for the LatLng of
    // the click inside the infowindow.
    innerMap.addListener('click', (event: google.maps.MapMouseEvent) => {
        displayLocationElevation(event.latLng!, elevator, infowindow, innerMap);
    });
}

function displayLocationElevation(
    location: google.maps.LatLng,
    elevator: google.maps.ElevationService,
    infowindow: google.maps.InfoWindow,
    map: google.maps.Map
) {
    // Format numeric values to two decimal places
    const formatter = new Intl.NumberFormat(undefined, {
        maximumFractionDigits: 2,
    });

    // Initiate the location request
    elevator
        .getElevationForLocations({
            locations: [location],
        })
        .then(({ results }) => {
            if (results[0]) {
                const { elevation, location: resultLocation } = results[0];
                infowindow.setPosition(resultLocation);
                infowindow.setContent(
                    `The elevation at ${String(resultLocation)} <br>is ${formatter.format(elevation)} meters.`
                );
            } else {
                infowindow.setPosition(location);
                infowindow.setContent('No results found');
            }

            infowindow.open(map);
        })
        .catch((e: unknown) => {
            infowindow.setContent(
                `Elevation service failed due to: ${String(e)}`
            );
        });
}

void init();

JavaScript

async function init() {
    const [{ InfoWindow }, { ElevationService }] = await Promise.all([
        google.maps.importLibrary('maps'),
        google.maps.importLibrary('elevation'),
    ]);

    const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map');
    const innerMap = mapElement.innerMap;

    const elevator = new ElevationService();
    const infowindow = new InfoWindow();

    infowindow.open(innerMap);

    // Add a listener for the click event. Display the elevation for the LatLng of
    // the click inside the infowindow.
    innerMap.addListener('click', (event) => {
        displayLocationElevation(event.latLng, elevator, infowindow, innerMap);
    });
}

function displayLocationElevation(location, elevator, infowindow, map) {
    // Format numeric values to two decimal places
    const formatter = new Intl.NumberFormat(undefined, {
        maximumFractionDigits: 2,
    });

    // Initiate the location request
    elevator
        .getElevationForLocations({
            locations: [location],
        })
        .then(({ results }) => {
            if (results[0]) {
                const { elevation, location: resultLocation } = results[0];
                infowindow.setPosition(resultLocation);
                infowindow.setContent(
                    `The elevation at ${String(resultLocation)} <br>is ${formatter.format(elevation)} meters.`
                );
            } else {
                infowindow.setPosition(location);
                infowindow.setContent('No results found');
            }

            infowindow.open(map);
        })
        .catch((e) => {
            infowindow.setContent(
                `Elevation service failed due to: ${String(e)}`
            );
        });
}

void init();

CSS

/* 
 * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. 
 */
html,
body {
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

gmp-map {
    height: 100%;
}

HTML

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Elevation Service</title>

        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
        <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
        <script>
            // prettier-ignore
            (g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${c}apis.com/maps/api/js?`+e;d[q]=f;a.onerror=()=>h=n(Error(p+" could not load."));a.nonce=m.querySelector("script[nonce]")?.nonce||"";m.head.append(a)}));d[l]?console.warn(p+" only loads once. Ignoring:",g):d[l]=(f,...n)=>r.add(f)&&u().then(()=>d[l](f,...n))})({
                key: "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY"
            });
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <gmp-map
            center="63.333,-150.5"
            zoom="8"
            map-id="DEMO_MAP_ID"
            map-type-id="terrain"></gmp-map>
    </body>
</html>

Clone Sample

Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. You will also need a Google Maps API key.

The following commands clone the repository, install dependencies, and copy the environment file. 

  git clone https://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.git
  cd js-api-samples
  npm i
  cp .env.template .env

Once you copy the environment file, make sure to open the .env file and replace <Insert your own development API key here> with your actual API key before starting the sample. 

  cd samples/elevation-simple
  npm start