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Display elevation value of specified position on QGIS using Elevation API by Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI).

Japan Elevation Pluginn

1. Click "Japan Elevation".
2. Click anywhere on the map canvas.
3. The elevation value and data source will be displayed in a dialog.

• uv
• QGIS 3.x

# Install dependencies
uv sync

# Lint
uv run ruff check .

# Format
uv run ruff format .

Create a symbolic link to the QGIS plugins directory:

macOS:

ln -s /path/to/japan_elevation ~/Library/Application\ Support/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/default/python/plugins/japan_elevation

Windows:

mklink /D "%APPDATA%\QGIS\QGIS3\profiles\default\python\plugins\japan_elevation" "C:\path\to\japan_elevation"

Linux:

ln -s /path/to/japan_elevation ~/.local/share/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/default/python/plugins/japan_elevation

After editing the code, reload the plugin in QGIS to see the changes.

Python modules are released under the GNU General Public License v2.0

Copyright (c) 2018-2026 Yasunori Kirimoto