Google Earth allows you to measure the distance between two points on the Earth, as well as the circumference of a circular section of the ground — or even the elevation of a mountain.

Obtaining Elevation Profiles with Google Earth Aug 1, 2013 5:00 AM, By Doug Irwin, CPBE DRB AMD Have you put Google Earth (G-E) on your computer yet? I have been using it for a while now, and I’ve ...

How to Show Elevation in Google Maps (Desktop) On the Google Maps site, in the top-left corner, click the "Search Google Maps" box. Enter a location, then select that place from the results.

The recently released Google Earth 5.2 makes this feature even better by adding other views like elevation and speed, as well as statistics like your average elevation, slope, and speed over the ...

Google offers the Google Maps Elevation API, but it has significant restrictions, including usage limits and most important, rules about what you may do with the data, especially this line: ...