Dilshan-H / Elevation2Plot

Generate elevation plots using open-elevation API and Google Earth

Elevation2Plot

Generate elevation plots using open-elevation API and Google Earth.

Open-Elevation is a free and open-source alternative to the Google Elevation API and similar offerings.
Open-Elevation API - https://api.open-elevation.com
More info: https://open-elevation.com
GitHub: https://github.com/Jorl17/open-elevation

Requirements

• Python 3.3+
• Google Earth Pro
• Windows, Linux or macOS

Usage

• Add the path using Google Earth
• Right Click on path > Save place as...
• Save the '.kmz' file
• Simply run the Elevation2Plot.py file, passing in the the kmz file which you have exported from Google Earth previously

Elevation2Plot.py <filename.kmz>

Examples

Elevation plot from Google Earth:

Generated plot:

License

GNU General Public License v3.0

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU GPLv3

Google Earth, Google Earth Pro are Copyright © by Google

Disclaimer

Open-Elevation API is a free and open-source alternative to Google Elevation API. The elevation plots generated from this script might be inacurate in some conditions.