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This example demonstrates the use of theElevationServiceobject.
Click on the map to display the elevation at the clicked point. Read thedocumentation.
TypeScript
functioninitMap():void{constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map")asHTMLElement,{zoom:8,center:{lat:63.333,lng:-150.5},// Denali.mapTypeId:"terrain",});constelevator=newgoogle.maps.ElevationService();constinfowindow=newgoogle.maps.InfoWindow({});infowindow.open(map);// Add a listener for the click event. Display the elevation for the LatLng of// the click inside the infowindow.map.addListener("click",(event)=>{displayLocationElevation(event.latLng,elevator,infowindow);});}functiondisplayLocationElevation(location:google.maps.LatLng,elevator:google.maps.ElevationService,infowindow:google.maps.InfoWindow){// Initiate the location requestelevator.getElevationForLocations({locations:[location],}).then(({results})=>{infowindow.setPosition(location);// Retrieve the first resultif(results[0]){// Open the infowindow indicating the elevation at the clicked position.infowindow.setContent("The elevation at this point <br>is "+results[0].elevation+" meters.");}else{infowindow.setContent("No results found");}}).catch((e)=>infowindow.setContent("Elevation service failed due to: "+e));}declareglobal{interfaceWindow{initMap:()=>void;}}window.initMap=initMap;
functioninitMap(){constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"),{zoom:8,center:{lat:63.333,lng:-150.5},// Denali.mapTypeId:"terrain",});constelevator=newgoogle.maps.ElevationService();constinfowindow=newgoogle.maps.InfoWindow({});infowindow.open(map);// Add a listener for the click event. Display the elevation for the LatLng of// the click inside the infowindow.map.addListener("click",(event)=>{displayLocationElevation(event.latLng,elevator,infowindow);});}functiondisplayLocationElevation(location,elevator,infowindow){// Initiate the location requestelevator.getElevationForLocations({locations:[location],}).then(({results})=>{infowindow.setPosition(location);// Retrieve the first resultif(results[0]){// Open the infowindow indicating the elevation at the clicked position.infowindow.setContent("The elevation at this point <br>is "+results[0].elevation+" meters.",);}else{infowindow.setContent("No results found");}}).catch((e)=>infowindow.setContent("Elevation service failed due to: "+e),);}window.initMap=initMap;
/** Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element* that contains the map.*/#map{height:100%;}/** Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window.*/html,body{height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;}
<html>
<head>
<title>Elevation Service</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
<script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
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The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML
document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions,
and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api
for more information.
-->
<script
src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&v=weekly"
defer
></script>
</body>
</html>
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Read the\n[documentation](/maps/documentation/javascript/elevation). \n\nTypeScript \n\n```typescript\nfunction initMap(): void {\n const map = new google.maps.Map(\n document.getElementById(\"map\") as HTMLElement,\n {\n zoom: 8,\n center: { lat: 63.333, lng: -150.5 }, // Denali.\n mapTypeId: \"terrain\",\n }\n );\n const elevator = new google.maps.ElevationService();\n const infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({});\n\n infowindow.open(map);\n\n // Add a listener for the click event. Display the elevation for the LatLng of\n // the click inside the infowindow.\n map.addListener(\"click\", (event) =\u003e {\n displayLocationElevation(event.latLng, elevator, infowindow);\n });\n}\n\nfunction displayLocationElevation(\n location: google.maps.LatLng,\n elevator: google.maps.ElevationService,\n infowindow: google.maps.InfoWindow\n) {\n // Initiate the location request\n elevator\n .getElevationForLocations({\n locations: [location],\n })\n .then(({ results }) =\u003e {\n infowindow.setPosition(location);\n\n // Retrieve the first result\n if (results[0]) {\n // Open the infowindow indicating the elevation at the clicked position.\n infowindow.setContent(\n \"The elevation at this point \u003cbr\u003eis \" +\n results[0].elevation +\n \" meters.\"\n );\n } else {\n infowindow.setContent(\"No results found\");\n }\n })\n .catch((e) =\u003e\n infowindow.setContent(\"Elevation service failed due to: \" + e)\n );\n}\n\ndeclare global {\n interface Window {\n initMap: () =\u003e void;\n }\n}\nwindow.initMap = initMap;https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/samples/elevation-simple/index.ts#L8-L64\n```\n| **Note:** Read the [guide](/maps/documentation/javascript/using-typescript) on using TypeScript and Google Maps.\n\nJavaScript \n\n```javascript\nfunction initMap() {\n const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(\"map\"), {\n zoom: 8,\n center: { lat: 63.333, lng: -150.5 }, // Denali.\n mapTypeId: \"terrain\",\n });\n const elevator = new google.maps.ElevationService();\n const infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({});\n\n infowindow.open(map);\n // Add a listener for the click event. Display the elevation for the LatLng of\n // the click inside the infowindow.\n map.addListener(\"click\", (event) =\u003e {\n displayLocationElevation(event.latLng, elevator, infowindow);\n });\n}\n\nfunction displayLocationElevation(location, elevator, infowindow) {\n // Initiate the location request\n elevator\n .getElevationForLocations({\n locations: [location],\n })\n .then(({ results }) =\u003e {\n infowindow.setPosition(location);\n // Retrieve the first result\n if (results[0]) {\n // Open the infowindow indicating the elevation at the clicked position.\n infowindow.setContent(\n \"The elevation at this point \u003cbr\u003eis \" +\n results[0].elevation +\n \" meters.\",\n );\n } else {\n infowindow.setContent(\"No results found\");\n }\n })\n .catch((e) =\u003e\n infowindow.setContent(\"Elevation service failed due to: \" + e),\n );\n}\n\nwindow.initMap = initMap;https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/elevation-simple/docs/index.js#L7-L49\n```\n| **Note:** The JavaScript is compiled from the TypeScript snippet.\n\nCSS \n\n```css\n/* \n * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element\n * that contains the map. \n */\n#map {\n height: 100%;\n}\n\n/* \n * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. \n */\nhtml,\nbody {\n height: 100%;\n margin: 0;\n padding: 0;\n}\nhttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/elevation-simple/docs/style.css#L7-L24\n```\n\nHTML \n\n```html\n\u003chtml\u003e\n \u003chead\u003e\n \u003ctitle\u003eElevation Service\u003c/title\u003e\n\n \u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"./style.css\" /\u003e\n \u003cscript type=\"module\" src=\"./index.js\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\n \u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cbody\u003e\n \u003cdiv id=\"map\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n \u003c!-- \n The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML\n document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions,\n and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See\n https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api\n for more information.\n --\u003e\n \u003cscript\n src=\"https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&v=weekly\"\n defer\n \u003e\u003c/script\u003e\n \u003c/body\u003e\n\u003c/html\u003ehttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/elevation-simple/docs/index.html#L8-L30\n```\n\nTry Sample \n[JSFiddle.net](https://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/library/pure/googlemaps/js-samples/tree/master/dist/samples/elevation-simple/jsfiddle) [Google Cloud Shell](https://ssh.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/editor?cloudshell_git_repo=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fgooglemaps%2Fjs-samples&cloudshell_git_branch=sample-elevation-simple&cloudshell_tutorial=cloud_shell_instructions.md&cloudshell_workspace=.)\n\nClone Sample\n\n\nGit and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these [instructions](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm) to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application. \n\n git clone -b sample-elevation-simple https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git\n cd js-samples\n npm i\n npm start\n\n\nOther samples can be tried by switching to any branch beginning with `sample-`\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eSAMPLE_NAME\u003c/var\u003e. \n\n git checkout sample-\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-nx\"\u003eSAMPLE_NAME\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/var\u003e\n npm i\n npm start"]]
