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Terrain Height Extraction

Terrain Height Extraction​

The following section will help you understand how to extract terrain height value at a given position from a terrain provider using an example.

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In order to set a terrain provider, see here.

Cesium​

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The minimum required version for cesium is v84.

// Query the terrain height of two Cartographic positions
const positions = [
  Cesium.Cartographic.fromDegrees(86.925145, 27.988257),
  Cesium.Cartographic.fromDegrees(87.0, 28.0)
];
void Cesium.sampleTerrainMostDetailed(
  viewer.terrainProvider,
  positions
).then((updatedPositions) => {
  // positions[0].height and positions[1].height have been updated.
  // updatedPositions is just a reference to positions.
  console.log(updatedPositions);
  ...
});