Google Maps Topography Elevation. However Google Maps only shows elevation in mountainous areas. I checked their pages but couldnt find an answer to this question.
You can find the current cursor elevation in the lower right corner. Focus on the area whose topography you want to see. Counterintuitively the flat Earth box needs to be checked for this to work.
A tour through a few locations in google earth to show how contours represent 3D.
Enter two positions in Google Maps either by typing them in or clicking on the map and get an elevation profile between the two. At lower zoom levels the 1100K scale USGS topo maps are visible but if you zoom in close enough the larger-scale 124K maps become visible. Youll only be able to find an estimate when youre viewing a mountainous area. Find the elevation of your current location or any point on Earth.
