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Python function to query USGS 10 meter 3DEP elevation for a given point (lat, long)
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| from http import client | |
| def USGS10mElev(lat,lon): | |
| usgs = client.HTTPConnection('nationalmap.gov') | |
| usgs.request('GET','/epqs/pqs.php?x=%.6f&y=%.6f&units=FEET&output=xml'% (lon, lat)) | |
| result = usgs.getresponse() | |
| if result.status == 200: | |
| xml = result.read() | |
| return float(xml[xml.find(b'<Elevation>')+11:xml.find(b'</Elevation>')-1]) | |
| else: return request |
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See also:
github.com/dgketchum/Metio/met/elevation.py