Azure Maps Elevation APIs and Render V2 DEM tiles will be retired on 5 May 2023

The Azure Maps Elevation services and Render V2 DEM tiles general availability will be retired on 5 May 2023. After that date, the Elevation services and DEM TilesetIDs will no longer be available and/or supported, and API calls will fail. All other Azure Maps APIs, Services and TilesetIDs are unaffected by this retirement announcement. 

The following Elevation services will be retired: 

• Get Data For Bounding Box 
• Get Data For Points 
• Get Data For Polyline 
• Post Data For Points 
• Post Data For Polyline 

The following DEM tiles in the Render V2 – Get Map Tile service will be retired. 

• microsoft.dem 
• microsoft.dem.contours 

Required action 

To avoid service disruption in your applications, please review the following migration options and transition before 5 May 2023: 

• Use the Bing maps Get Elevations service to replace Azure Maps Elevation services. View Bing Maps licensing for pricing and licensing options. 
• Use the free Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data to build DEM tiles on the Microsoft Azure to replace the elevation tiles in the Render V2 – Get Map Tile service 

More information 

If you have questions, get answers from community experts in Microsoft Q&A. If you have a support plan and you need technical help, create a support request.