About MyCurrentElevation.org
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MyCurrentElevation.org answers one question quickly: how high above sea level is this spot? It started in 2023 as a one-button tool that shows the elevation where you are standing, and now also has calculators that use that number (boiling point, air pressure, canning adjustments) and data pages for 50 states, 86 US cities,58 mountains and 23 world capitals.
Who runs it
The site's author is Ankit Kumar, a blogger and creator who likes SEO and building helpful tools and websites.
Where the numbers come from
- US elevations: the U.S. Geological Survey 3D Elevation Program, through its Elevation Point Query Service.
- Elevations outside the US: Terrain Tiles, an open dataset hosted on AWS.
- Summit heights: NOAA National Geodetic Survey survey marks, the USGS Elevations and Distances table, or an official figure we cite directly.
- Place boundaries, population and land area: the U.S. Census Bureau. Names and positions: USGS GNIS. Airport elevations: the FAA.
Every page lists the sources for the numbers on it. The methodology page explains how each figure is produced, including which values are sampled estimates rather than published figures.
How place pages are built
Each city, state, peak and capital page is generated from a data file built by a script that queries the sources above. Nobody types the numbers in by hand. A page needs at least eight place-specific data points to be offered to search engines; thinner pages are kept out of search results until they are improved. Before each batch of pages goes live we spot-check a random 10% against the USGS National Map and one independent source.
Corrections
If a number looks wrong, email support@mycurrentelevation.org with the page address and, if you have one, the source you are comparing with. We check it against the original data and fix or explain it.
Contact
See the contact page.