Elevation API
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Elevation API is a Google Maps web service that provides elevation data for locations on the Earth's surface, often used in mapping, routing, and geographic analysis applications.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elevation API canonical | 1 |
| Maps Platform Elevation Services | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T576892 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elevation API Context triple: [Google Maps, supportsAPI, Elevation API]
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A.
Mount Popomanaseu
Mount Popomanaseu is the tallest mountain on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, known for its rugged terrain and tropical rainforest environment.
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B.
Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor is a prominent hill in northern Israel venerated in Christian tradition as the site of Jesus’ Transfiguration and a longstanding place of pilgrimage.
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C.
K-90 hill
K-90 hill is the normal hill ski jumping slope at the Lysgårdsbakken ski jumping arena in Lillehammer, Norway.
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D.
Mount Catherine
Mount Catherine is the highest mountain in Egypt, located in the southern Sinai Peninsula and known for its rugged terrain and religious significance.
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E.
Baker Peak
Baker Peak is a mountain summit located within Nevada’s Snake Range, known for its rugged terrain and high-elevation Great Basin landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elevation API Target entity description: Elevation API is a Google Maps web service that provides elevation data for locations on the Earth's surface, often used in mapping, routing, and geographic analysis applications.
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A.
Mount Popomanaseu
Mount Popomanaseu is the tallest mountain on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, known for its rugged terrain and tropical rainforest environment.
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B.
Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor is a prominent hill in northern Israel venerated in Christian tradition as the site of Jesus’ Transfiguration and a longstanding place of pilgrimage.
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C.
K-90 hill
K-90 hill is the normal hill ski jumping slope at the Lysgårdsbakken ski jumping arena in Lillehammer, Norway.
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D.
Mount Catherine
Mount Catherine is the highest mountain in Egypt, located in the southern Sinai Peninsula and known for its rugged terrain and religious significance.
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E.
Baker Peak
Baker Peak is a mountain summit located within Nevada’s Snake Range, known for its rugged terrain and high-elevation Great Basin landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Google Maps Platform API
ⓘ
web service ⓘ |
| accessedVia |
HTTP requests
ⓘ
REST API ⓘ |
| authenticationMethod | API key in request URL ⓘ |
| category |
location-based service
ⓘ
mapping web service ⓘ |
| dataSource | Google elevation datasets ⓘ |
| dataType | terrain elevation ⓘ |
| developer | Google ⓘ |
| documentationURL | https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/elevation ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
elevation for multiple locations
ⓘ
elevation for single locations ⓘ sampled elevation along paths ⓘ |
| hasQuota | usage limits per API key ⓘ |
| inputType |
encoded polylines
ⓘ
latitude/longitude coordinates ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
Maps Platform Web Services
ⓘ
surface form:
Google Maps Directions API
Maps SDK for Android ⓘ
surface form:
Google Maps JavaScript API
Roads API ⓘ
surface form:
Google Maps Roads API
Maps Static API ⓘ
surface form:
Google Maps Static API
|
| operatesOn | global coverage ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Google
ⓘ
surface form:
Google LLC
|
| partOf |
Google Maps
ⓘ
surface form:
Google Maps Platform
|
| provider |
Google Maps
ⓘ
surface form:
Google Maps Platform
|
| provides |
elevation data
ⓘ
elevation for locations on the Earth's surface ⓘ elevation profiles ⓘ |
| requires |
API key
ⓘ
billing account for production use ⓘ |
| responseField |
elevation
ⓘ
location ⓘ resolution ⓘ |
| returns |
elevation values in meters
ⓘ
elevation values relative to mean sea level ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
geographic information systems
ⓘ
geospatial data ⓘ |
| supports |
JSON response format
ⓘ
XML response format ⓘ |
| supportsUseCase |
3D terrain visualization
ⓘ
bike route planning by elevation ⓘ flood risk and topography analysis ⓘ hiking trail elevation profiles ⓘ |
| usedFor |
geographic analysis
ⓘ
mapping applications ⓘ retrieving elevation for specific points ⓘ routing applications ⓘ terrain analysis ⓘ visualizing elevation along paths ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Elevation API Description of subject: Elevation API is a Google Maps web service that provides elevation data for locations on the Earth's surface, often used in mapping, routing, and geographic analysis applications.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maps Platform Elevation Services