# Google Maps Elevation API

> Google Maps Elevation API is a paid API for AI agents from Google Maps at googlemaps.mpp.tempo.xyz, paid per call via MPP, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Returns elevation data (altitude above sea level) for one or more geographic locations

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://googlemaps.mpp.tempo.xyz/maps/elevation/json?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: Google Maps
- Docs: https://developers.google.com/maps
- Website: https://developers.google.com/maps
- Tags: maps, google, geocoding, directions, places, routes, tiles, weather, air-quality, solar, roads, pollen, geolocation, aerial, validation, data
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/google-maps-json-6b7d25c5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_T7NKbP3hp5iptpIW9NmHB

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability google-maps-json-6b7d25c5
```

Example prompt: What is the elevation above sea level at coordinates 36.455556, -116.866667 (Death Valley) and 36.4549, -116.8714?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative elevation/altitude data for specific geographic coordinates, especially when building apps that require terrain height, altitude profiling along routes, or enriching location data with elevation metadata. Backed by Google's high-resolution global elevation dataset.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or missing coordinates return INVALID_REQUEST status
- Coordinates outside supported regions may return zero elevation or REQUEST_DENIED
- Exceeding query limits returns OVER_DAILY_LIMIT or OVER_QUERY_LIMIT
- Network timeout or service unavailability returns an error status
- Malformed path parameter causes INVALID_REQUEST

## How this service works

Get elevation for locations

## Output

Returns an array of elevation results, each containing the queried location (lat/lng), elevation in meters above sea level, and a resolution value indicating the maximum distance between data points used to interpolate the elevation.

## Example request

```json
{
 "locations": "36.455556,-116.866667|36.4549,-116.8714"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/google-maps-json-6b7d25c5/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from googlemaps.mpp.tempo.xyz](https://www.zero.xyz/host/googlemaps.mpp.tempo.xyz/llms.txt)