My Geocode

Open-Elevation drop-in replacement

Open-Elevation's public server is a volunteer project with no uptime promise. openelevation.mygeocode.com answers the same lookup endpoint, by GET or POST, from a global 15 arc-second grid (about 460 m) that covers land and the sea floor.

Change one hostname

Original host
  • api.open-elevation.com
Use insteadopenelevation.mygeocode.com
Key parameterNone on the original, and none needed here either: any address gets 2,500 requests a day without one. For credit, packages and a usage history add key=... to the query or send the X-API-Key header.
Before
curl "https://api.open-elevation.com/api/v1/lookup?locations=27.9881,86.9250|46.5763,7.6613"
After
curl "https://openelevation.mygeocode.com/api/v1/lookup?locations=27.9881,86.9250|46.5763,7.6613"

Why people move

No key needed, same URL structure, and a server that is monitored and paid for.

Same free allowance, key or not. Requests to openelevation.mygeocode.com count toward the same 2,500 free requests a day your address, or your key, gets on our own endpoints. Above that, prepaid credit at €0.0001 per request, or €50 a month for an Unlimited key. Signing up takes a name and an email address, and no card.

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Endpoints

Path on openelevation.mygeocode.comWhat it doesBacked by
/api/v1/lookup?locations=lat,lon|lat,lonLookup by GETElevation lookup
/api/v1/lookup (POST, JSON body)Lookup by POSTElevation lookup

Example response

This is what the request above returns. Field names, nesting and types follow Open-Elevation. Only the data behind them is ours.

Response from openelevation.mygeocode.com
{
  "results": [
    {
      "latitude": 27.9881,
      "longitude": 86.925,
      "elevation": 8627
    },
    {
      "latitude": 46.5763,
      "longitude": 7.6613,
      "elevation": 843
    }
  ]
}

Details and differences

Open-Elevation has no key, and none is needed here either for the first 2,500 requests a day. For credit, packages and a usage history, add key=... to the query or send the X-API-Key header.

  • Both the GET form with locations=lat,lon|lat,lon and the POST body with a locations list are served.
  • Heights come from a global terrain model at about 460 m resolution, land and sea floor, and are returned as whole metres, as Open-Elevation does.
  • Up to 1,024 points per request; each point counts as one request.

If your client depends on a field or behaviour that is not listed here, tell us. Compatibility gaps get fixed quickly because they are usually small.

Other drop-in hosts

How the drop-ins work, the overview, and the JavaScript library drop-ins.