`point_elevation`

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

Elevation at a point (returns a 1-pixel raster URL — use opentopodata for direct point values).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required
`lat`	number	yes
`lon`	number	yes
`dataset`	string	no

Example call

Arguments

{
  "lat": 40.7128,
  "lon": -74.006,
  "dataset": "SRTM GL3"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/opentopography/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"point_elevation","arguments":{"lat":40.7128,"lon":-74.006,"dataset":"SRTM GL3"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('point_elevation', {
  "lat": 40.7128,
  "lon": -74.006,
  "dataset": "SRTM GL3"
});

More examples

{
  "lat": 51.5074,
  "lon": -0.1278
}

Response shape

Always returns: request_url, content_type, size_bytes

Field	Type	Description
`request_url`	string	URL to fetch the 1-pixel raster GeoTIFF
`content_type`	string \| null	MIME type of the raster response
`size_bytes`	number	Size of the raster file in bytes

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "request_url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "URL to fetch the 1-pixel raster GeoTIFF"
    },
    "content_type": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "MIME type of the raster response"
    },
    "size_bytes": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Size of the raster file in bytes"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "request_url",
    "content_type",
    "size_bytes"
  ]
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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