Self-hosting Open-Elevation vs using a managed endpoint
Open-Elevation can run on your own infrastructure or against a managed endpoint. Here is what each path actually costs in effort and money.
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Drop-in compatibility with Open-Elevation is live
Open-Elevation requests now resolve against our host, returning elevation figures in the same shape, switchable with only a host name and key.
Migrating from Open-Elevation
Open-Elevation is a self-hosted, open source elevation API with a simple request shape. Here is what moving to a managed endpoint changes.