What Is My Elevation?
Your elevation is your height above mean sea level. Tap the button to read it two ways: your device's GPS altitude (when available) and the terrain elevation at your exact coordinates from a global elevation model — in meters and feet. Click anywhere on the map to check any other point on Earth.
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- Terrain elevation (DEM)
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- GPS altitude (device)
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- Coordinates
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Click or tap anywhere to read that point's terrain elevation.
GPS altitude vs terrain elevation — why two numbers?
GPS altitude is what your device's chip reports — height above the WGS-84 ellipsoid, corrected toward sea level. It's live (it changes in a plane or a tower) but noisy: ±10–20 m is normal, and many desktops report nothing. Terrain elevation comes from a satellite-measured digital elevation model (Copernicus DEM, ~30 m grid) — it's the height of the ground at your coordinates, accurate to a few meters, but it doesn't know you're on the 40th floor. This page shows both and labels them honestly; competitors typically show only the terrain number.
What people check elevation for
- Hiking & cycling: total climb planning — check trailhead vs summit by clicking both points on the map.
- Flood & insurance questions: height above sea level for coastal or riverside properties (pair with official flood maps for decisions).
- Altitude effects: above ~2,500 m altitude sickness becomes relevant; cooking times and sports performance change with altitude.
- Curiosity: the highest place in our database is Mount Everest at 8,849 m — see its page.