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Elevation

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Business capabilities this tag reaches
Location & Mapping 1

Providers using this tag (5)

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Developing 2 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
MapTilerMapsGeospatialTilesVector Tiles1 API40.3StormglassAstronomyBioClimate1 API45.6
Thin 2 Limited public surface area
OpenRouteServiceRoutingGeospatialDirectionsIsochrones1 API34.9OpenTopography APIDEMDataGeospatial1 API32.3
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
Open-ElevationCompanyGeospatialOpen Source1 API25.0

APIs with this tag (13)

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Exemplar 4 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Microsoft Azure Elevation APIThe Elevation API from Microsoft Azure — 3 operation(s) for elevation.78.4MCP for ArcGIS Location Services (beta)Esri-hosted Model Context Protocol server exposing ArcGIS Location Services - geocoding, reverse geocoding,...77.8Elevation APIReturn elevation data for locations on the earth or sampled elevation data along paths.71.4Google Elevation APIThe Google Elevation API provides elevation data for specific locations on the Earth's surface, including h...68.8
Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Geoapify Elevation APIRetrieve terrain height and optional point-to-point distances for geographic locations.60.3
Developing 3 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Azure Maps Elevation APIReturns elevation data in meters above sea level for points, polylines, and bounding boxes. Useful for terr...54.1Stormglass Elevation APIGlobal elevation and bathymetry data45.6MapTiler Elevation APIThe Elevation API from MapTiler — 1 operation(s) for elevation.40.3
Thin 4 Limited public surface area
OpenRouteService Elevation APIReturns elevation data for point or line geometries using SRTM data, supporting up to 2,000 vertices for en...34.9OpenRouteService Elevation APIReturn elevation data for point or line geometries34.9OneAtlas Radar & Elevation APIAccess to Airbus radar (SAR) imagery and elevation products including WorldDEM, suitable for change detecti...32.5FCC (Federal Communications Commission) Elevation APIGet terrain elevation data at a given location28.7
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
Elevation APIProvides worldwide elevation data via a simple GET endpoint. Free tier allows limited requests per IP; paid...25.0

Companies reaching this through an API (8)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Elevation” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

Airbus Azure Maps Esri FCC (Federal Communications Commission) Geoapify Google Google Maps Platform Microsoft Azure

Score breakdown

Frequency
35.8
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.1
spread across providers
Quality lift
42.7
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
5.8
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Timezone 5 co-occurrences Maps 7 co-occurrences Geolocation 5 co-occurrences Routing 6 co-occurrences Geocoding 7 co-occurrences Weather 6 co-occurrences Geospatial 8 co-occurrences Location 6 co-occurrences

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