pyterrain

This is a Python package designed for terrain data fetching.

Installation

To install the package, simply use pip: $ pip install pyterrain

Usage

Data Source

Pyterrain fetches Terrarium PNG tiles from the AWS Open Data elevation tiles source: https://s3.amazonaws.com/elevation-tiles-prod/terrarium/{z}/{x}/{y}.png

Fetch DEM by bound box

You can download DEM data directly as follows:

bbox = 116.972979,36.387619, 117.208694,36.172087  # This represents the Mount Taishan of China

terrain = Terrain()
xs, ys, elevation = terrain.fetch(bbox=bbox, quiet=False, coord="lonlat", zoom=10)

In case the download isn't completed due to connectivity issues, please retry the process.