pvlib.location.lookup_altitude#

pvlib.location.lookup_altitude(latitude, longitude)[source]#

Look up location altitude from low-resolution altitude map supplied with pvlib. The data for this map comes from multiple open data sources with varying resolutions aggregated by Mapzen.

More details can be found here https://github.com/tilezen/joerd/blob/master/docs/data-sources.md

Altitudes from this map are a coarse approximation and can have significant errors (100+ meters) introduced by downsampling and source data resolution.

Parameters
  • latitude (float.) – Positive is north of the equator. Use decimal degrees notation.

  • longitude (float.) – Positive is east of the prime meridian. Use decimal degrees notation.

Returns

altitude (float) – The altitude of the location in meters.

Notes

Attributions:

  • ArcticDEM terrain data DEM(s) were created from DigitalGlobe, Inc., imagery and funded under National Science Foundation awards 1043681, 1559691, and 1542736;

  • Australia terrain data © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2017;

  • Austria terrain data © offene Daten Österreichs - Digitales Geländemodell (DGM) Österreich;

  • Canada terrain data contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada;

  • Europe terrain data produced using Copernicus data and information funded by the European Union - EU-DEM layers;

  • Global ETOPO1 terrain data U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  • Mexico terrain data source: INEGI, Continental relief, 2016;

  • New Zealand terrain data Copyright 2011 Crown copyright (c) Land Information New Zealand and the New Zealand Government (All rights reserved);

  • Norway terrain data © Kartverket;

  • United Kingdom terrain data © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved;

  • United States 3DEP (formerly NED) and global GMTED2010 and SRTM terrain data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.

References

1

Mapzen, Linux foundation project for open data maps

2

Joerd, tool for downloading and processing DEMs, Used by Mapzen

3

AWS, Open Data Registry Terrain Tiles