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This product or feature is Experimental (pre-GA). Pre-GA products and features might have limited support, and changes to pre-GA products and features might not be compatible with other pre-GA versions. Pre-GA Offerings are covered by the Google Maps Platform Service Specific Terms. For more information, see the launch stage descriptions. Elevation Standalone ElementThe ElevationElement
is an HTML element that visually displays elevation data for a single point or a polyline. It shows a graph of elevation along the path set in the path
property with an array of latitude and longitude coordinates. Line segments are interpolated between the points of the array, so even a small number of points will still produce a detailed elevation graph.
The following example renders the elevation of a path between two points selected by a set of coordinates, using a gmp-elevation
element.
The element is configured for metric measurement using the unit-system
attribute:
<gmp-elevation unit-system="metric"></gmp-elevation>
A querySelector
is used to select the elevation element and set its path
property with latitude and longitude coordinates:
/** Maps JS loaded callback */ async function init() { // Load the Elevation Element from Maps JS const {ElevationElement} = await google.maps.importLibrary('elevation'); // Specify an elevation path to render const elevationElement = document.querySelector('gmp-elevation'); elevationElement.path = [ {lat: 37.4523, lng: -122.2645}, {lat: 37.377, lng: -122.4078}, ]; }See the complete code example JavaScript
/** Maps JS loaded callback */ async function init() { // Load the Elevation Element from Maps JS const {ElevationElement} = await google.maps.importLibrary('elevation'); // Specify an elevation path to render const elevationElement = document.querySelector('gmp-elevation'); elevationElement.path = [ {lat: 37.4523, lng: -122.2645}, {lat: 37.377, lng: -122.4078}, ]; } init();CSS
html, body { margin: 0; padding: 0; } gmp-elevation { width: 100%; height: 100%; } .overlay { margin: 20px; width: 400px; }HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Simple Elevation</title> <meta charset="utf-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css"> </head> <body> <h1>Path elevation</h1> <div class="overlay"> <gmp-elevation unit-system="metric"></gmp-elevation> </div> <script> (g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${c}apis.com/maps/api/js?`+e;d[q]=f;a.onerror=()=>h=n(Error(p+" could not load."));a.nonce=m.querySelector("script[nonce]")?.nonce||"";m.head.append(a)}));d[l]?console.warn(p+" only loads once. Ignoring:",g):d[l]=(f,...n)=>r.add(f)&&u().then(()=>d[l](f,...n))})({ key: "YOUR_API_KEY", v: "alpha" }); </script> </body> </html>Set path elevation using a polyline
The following example renders the elevation of a path based on a user-drawn polyline. It obtains the path
from the user's polyline using polyline.getPath().getArray()
:
elevationElem.path = polyline.getPath().getArray();See the complete code example JavaScript
const map = document.querySelector('gmp-map'); const elevationElem = document.querySelector('gmp-elevation'); async function init() { await google.maps.importLibrary('places'); await google.maps.importLibrary('marker'); await google.maps.importLibrary('elevation'); map.innerMap.setOptions({'mapTypeControl': true, 'clickableIcons': false}); findCurrentLocation(); drawPolyline(); } async function drawPolyline() { const {DrawingManager} = await google.maps.importLibrary('drawing'); const drawingManager = new DrawingManager({ drawingMode: google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.POLYLINE, drawingControl: true, drawingControlOptions: { position: google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_CENTER, drawingModes: [google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.POLYLINE] }, polylineOptions: {geodesic: true, strokeColor: '#5491f5', strokeWeight: 6} }); drawingManager.setMap(map.innerMap); drawingManager.addListener('polylinecomplete', (polyline) => { console.log('complete'); console.log(polyline.getPath().getArray()); elevationElem.path = polyline.getPath().getArray(); polyline.addListener('click', (e) => { console.log(e); }); }); } async function findCurrentLocation() { const {LatLng} = await google.maps.importLibrary('core'); if (navigator.geolocation) { navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition( (position) => { const pos = new LatLng(position.coords.latitude, position.coords.longitude); map.innerMap.panTo(pos); map.innerMap.setZoom(16); }, () => { console.log('The Geolocation service failed.'); map.innerMap.setZoom(16); }, ); } else { console.log(`Your browser doesn't support geolocation`); map.innerMap.setZoom(16); } } init();CSS
html, body { height: 100%; margin: 0; } body { display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } h1 { font-size: 16px; text-align: center; } gmp-map { box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 20px; width: 100%; height: 100%; } gmp-elevation { width: 100%; height: 300px; } .overlay { width: 800px; }HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Path Elevation</title> <meta charset="utf-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css"> </head> <body> <h1>Draw polyline and get path elevation</h1> <gmp-map center="-37.813,144.963" zoom="12" map-id="DEMO_MAP_ID"> <div id="elevation-container" class="overlay" slot="control-block-end-inline-center"> <gmp-elevation unit-system="metric"></gmp-elevation> </div> </gmp-map> <script> (g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${c}apis.com/maps/api/js?`+e;d[q]=f;a.onerror=()=>h=n(Error(p+" could not load."));a.nonce=m.querySelector("script[nonce]")?.nonce||"";m.head.append(a)}));d[l]?console.warn(p+" only loads once. Ignoring:",g):d[l]=(f,...n)=>r.add(f)&&u().then(()=>d[l](f,...n))})({ key: "YOUR_API_KEY", v: "alpha" }); </script> </body> </html>
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