UK Data AtlasAPIv1
ConceptsUsing the APIGuidesDatasetsGeographiesAPI referenceDownloads

Get started

  • Introduction
  • Quickstart

Concepts

  • Measures and periods
  • Areas and boundaries
  • Places and named locations
  • Crosswalks
  • Atlas releases

Using the API

  • Responses
  • Pagination
  • CSV and bulk downloads
  • Caching
  • Rate limits
  • Errors

Guides

  • Draw a map
  • Chart a trend
  • Explore a coordinate
  • Locate a batch of points
  • Explore a named place
  • Keep a copy in sync

Datasets

  • All datasets
  • People
  • Work and money
  • Housing and deprivation
  • Elections
  • Transport
  • Connectivity
  • Environment
  • Crime
  • Downloads

Geographies

  • All geographies
  • Councils and regions
  • Elections
  • Statistical areas
  • Health, police and fire
  • Downloads

API reference

  • Reference overview
  • Essentials
  • Maps & spatial
  • Analysis
  • Bulk data & releases
  • Areas & boundaries
  • Terrain
    • Discover terrain products
    • Inspect a terrain product
    • Get terrain elevation
  • Catalogue
  • Trust & citation
API referenceTerrain

3 endpoints

Terrain

Discover versioned terrain products and sample elevation with its interpolation method, coverage status, coordinate reference, datum and uncertainty.

  • Discover terrain productsSee which terrain product families exist and whether a versioned source is currently available.get/terrain
  • Inspect a terrain productRead one terrain product's measurement, coverage intent, dependencies and publication state.get/terrain/{terrain-id}
  • Get terrain elevationSample bare-earth elevation at an EPSG:27700 point and receive the interpolation method, source version, hash, datum and uncertainty alongside the value.get/terrain/elevation/point
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