# Azure Maps Elevation API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-maps/azure-maps-elevation-api/  
**Provider:** Azure Maps — https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-azure-maps/  
**Base URL:** https://atlas.microsoft.com  
**Documentation:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/elevation

Azure Maps Elevation API is one of 11 APIs that [Azure Maps](https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-azure-maps/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include DEM, Elevation, Terrain, and Topography. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Returns elevation data in meters above sea level for points, polylines, and bounding boxes. Useful for terrain analysis, topographic visualization, and elevation profile calculations along a route.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/elevation

## Other Azure Maps APIs (10)

- [Azure Maps Route API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-maps/azure-maps-route-api/)
- [Azure Maps Render API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-maps/azure-maps-render-api/)
- [Azure Maps Traffic API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-maps/azure-maps-traffic-api/)
- [Azure Maps Weather API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-maps/azure-maps-weather-api/)
- [Azure Maps Timezone API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-maps/azure-maps-timezone-api/)
- [Azure Maps Geolocation API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-maps/azure-maps-geolocation-api/)
- [Azure Maps Spatial API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-maps/azure-maps-spatial-api/)
- [Azure Maps Creator API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-maps/azure-maps-creator-api/)
- [Azure Maps Geocoding API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-maps/microsoft-azure-maps-geocoding-api/)
- [Azure Maps Search API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-maps/microsoft-azure-maps-search-api/)

## Tags

DEM, Elevation, Terrain, Topography

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-maps/azure-maps-elevation-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-azure-maps/.