`elevation_point`

Pack: openrouteservice · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openrouteservice/mcp

“Elevation / altitude at [coordinates]” / “how high is [location]” / “height above sea level for [lat,lng]” — elevation (meters above sea level) at a single point. Use for “what’s the elevation of Denver”, terrain queries, or attaching altitude to GPS records.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`format_in`	string	yes	point \| geojson
`geometry`	unknown	yes	Per format_in (point: [lon, lat])

Example call

Arguments

{
  "format_in": "point",
  "geometry": [
    8.681495,
    49.41461
  ]
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openrouteservice/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"elevation_point","arguments":{"format_in":"point","geometry":[8.681495,49.41461]}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('elevation_point', {
  "format_in": "point",
  "geometry": [
    8.681495,
    49.41461
  ]
});

More examples

{
  "format_in": "geojson",
  "geometry": {
    "type": "Point",
    "coordinates": [
      2.352222,
      48.856613
    ]
  }
}

Response shape

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Elevation at point response from OpenRouteService"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openrouteservice": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openrouteservice/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

elevation_point