Accessing elevation data in R with the elevatr package

Jeffrey W. Hollister

2016-12-07

Introduction

Data Sources

Get Point Elevation Data

Mapzen Elevation Service

https://mapzen.com/documentation/elevation/elevation-service/

API Keys

USGS Elevation Point Query Service

http://ned.usgs.gov/epqs/

Get Raster Elevation Data

Mapzen Terrain Tile Service

https://mapzen.com/documentation/terrain-tiles/

API Keys

Terrain Tiles on Amazon Web Services (AWS)

https://aws.amazon.com/public-datasets/terrain/