# Show user's altitude

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/show-users-altitude/81148>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [April 3, 2025, 7:15am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/show-users-altitude/81148 "2025-04-03T07:15:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hal\_Hole](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/hal_hole/32/83107_2.png) [@Hal\_Hole](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Hal_Hole)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 7:15am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/show-users-altitude/81148/1 "2025-04-03T07:15:50Z")

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Hey guys! Can you think of a way to display the user’s altitude in a Glide app?

Simply by pressing a button that displays the altitude of the user’s current location. Do you think this is possible?

Thanks a lot

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 7:48am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/show-users-altitude/81148/2 "2025-04-03T07:48:49Z")

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Altitude, or elevation?

Google have an API that could be used to determine elevation given a set of coordinates:

> **[Elevation API overview  |  Google for Developers](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/elevation/overview)**
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> Get elevation data for all locations on the earth's surface. Learn about how to customize your output and read response codes.

Altitude I think would be more of a challenge. You would probably need the user to be carrying some sort of API enabled altimeter, and find a way to interface with that.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Hole](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/hal_hole/32/83107_2.png) [@Hal\_Hole](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Hal_Hole)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 8:07am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/show-users-altitude/81148/3 "2025-04-03T08:07:35Z")

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> [@Darren\_Murphy](#):
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> Altitude I think would be more of a challenge. You would probably need the user to be carrying some sort of API enabled altimeter, and find a way to interface with that.

Elevation could also be worth it. I’ll check out the API you mentioned to see if I can implement it in the app. Thanks.