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This article is reposted from Building a High-Performance Elevation API At ColorfulClouds Technology(彩云科技， “cai yun” in Pinyin for 彩云), we are committed to providing users with meteorological data at higher temporal and spatial resolutions. Over the years, we have consistently faced a challenge: due to limitations in elevation data resolution, outdoor activity enthusiasts, particularly those involved in hiking and cross-country activities, often experience noticeable discrepancies between ColorfulClouds’ data and their actual experiences. This issue is especially prominent in mountainous and plateau regions with dramatic elevation changes. ...

TLDR A few days ago, while searching for information, I discovered MapTiler’s elevation profile visualization page, which works excellently: This is really well done, and it’s entirely implemented in the browser https://t.co/R1vQMbdYAo pic.twitter.com/IyTYy5Fxo1 — ringsaturn.me (@ringsaturn_me) January 10, 2024 On their official blog, I found a 2019 post mentioning that the technique encodes elevation data into the RGB channels of an image and then decodes it in the browser. This allows elevation visualization directly in the browser—especially for continuous profile data—by downloading a few images to plot a continuous elevation curve. ...