If you've ever wondered what the elevation of your location is, you can find out with Google Maps on both desktop and mobile.

If you're going on a hike or just curious about a specific place's altitudes, Google Maps makes it easy to find the elevation for many locations. Google Maps doesn't show the elevation for all ...

Google has quietly added elevation data to bike routes in its Maps service, providing better intel for intrepid cyclists. The feature, which launched Friday, seems to work for much of the U.S. and ...

The popular mapping service will tell you elevation changes on your walking route. If that sounds familiar it’s because Google introduced a similar feature for cyclists back in 2014. That version ...

Thank you to GEB reader ‘DJ’ for suggesting this idea in the comments of our post on simulating lakes. It turns out that the algorithm for drawing contours given a regular array of altitude data is ...