Get elevation of an area

Question

I need to get the elevation in meters, of specific points within in a 1km square of ground. Each point will be 5 meters apart, meaning a total of 40,000 specific points. The elevation for each of these points will be stored in a 200x200 matrix.

I have tried to use the Google Maps Elevation API, but I think the amount of data I need to request will exceed the terms of service. I also need to use the elevation data on Matlab, but reading the terms of service for the Google API, I believe I would be limited to using the data within Google Maps itself.

Please could you suggest a solution for me?

Answer 1

After reading all the Terms and Conditions for Google's elevation API, I believe you would be fine in using it for PERSONAL use in Metlab. However, if you intend to publish the results or anything derived from the data, you will need to include a google map with it... but that could be in the form of a link to a map with just the 200x200 points plotted - a fifteen minute job to knock up ;)

Go for it :)