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Elevation plot between two geographic locations

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metrologist:
I remember a long time ago I could see this plot from GPS data of a traveled path using what's likely long deprecated tools (Garmin), but I cannot take that data now and I'm interested in a straight line plot anyway. US

Best I can think of is looking at a topographic map and manually plotting data points - a skill (or rather a task) that has died with the dinosaurs?

themadhippy:
if youve a gpx file of the route  gpx studio ( https://gpx.studio/ ) gives  you a good idea of the upy downess.

CatalinaWOW:
You can at least automate your old fashioned approach.  Just use the lat/long of points along your path to query one of the available databases.  Off of the top of my head the only free one that can be addressed this way is the space shuttle database which only has three meter vertical resolution, but I am sure there are others.

Fgrir:
I use Gaia GPS for hiking all the time and it will let you see an elevation profile for a straight line route.

https://www.gaiagps.com/map

tom66:
Probably not quite what you want as it applies for map routes, but if the route permits cycling, Google Maps can show the elevation profile.  The task you're looking for more directly can be solved with DTED data. DTED files are quite easy to read and are openly documented, and available for most of the world from the USGS, though some levels of detail are classified.

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