Examples for DEM

To request data using any of the request below, you will need to replace the string <your access token> with your Sentinel Hub access token. Sentinel Hub access token will look something like this:

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and can be obtained as described in the Authentication chapter.

A Postman collection with examples can be downloaded here. Our Postman collections are deprecated and are not being updated since July 2022.

Copernicus DEM 30 image (png)

curl -X POST \
  https://services.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \
  -H 'content-type: multipart/form-data' \
  -F 'request={
    "input": {
      "bounds": {
        "properties": {
          "crs": "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"
        },
        "bbox": [
          13.822174072265625,
          45.85080395917834,
          14.55963134765625,
          46.29191774991382
        ]
      },
      "data": [{
        "type": "dem",
        "dataFilter": {
          "demInstance": "COPERNICUS_30"
        },
        "processing": {
          "upsampling": "BILINEAR",
          "downsampling": "BILINEAR"
        }
      }]
    },
    "output": {
      "width": 512,
      "height": 512,
      "responses": [{
        "identifier": "default",
        "format": {
          "type": "image/png"
        }
      }]
    }
  }' \
  -F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3
    function setup() {
      return {
        input: ["DEM"],
        output: { bands: 1 }
      }
    }
    function evaluatePixel(sample) {
      return [sample.DEM/1000]
    }'

Mapzen DEM image (png)

curl -X POST \
  https://services-uswest2.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \
  -H 'content-type: multipart/form-data' \
  -F 'request={
    "input": {
      "bounds": {
        "properties": {
          "crs": "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"
        },
        "bbox": [
          13.822174072265625,
          45.85080395917834,
          14.55963134765625,
          46.29191774991382
        ]
      },
      "data": [{
        "type": "dem",
        "dataFilter": {
          "demInstance": "MAPZEN"
        },
        "processing": {
          "upsampling": "BILINEAR",
          "downsampling": "BILINEAR"
        }
      }]
    },
    "output": {
      "width": 512,
      "height": 512,
      "responses": [{
        "identifier": "default",
        "format": {
          "type": "image/png"
        }
      }]
    }
  }' \
  -F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3
    function setup() {
      return {
        input: ["DEM"],
        output: { bands: 1 }
      }
    }
    function evaluatePixel(sample) {
      return [sample.DEM/1000]
    }'

Copernicus DEM 30, 0.0003° (~33m) resolution (tiff)

curl -X POST \
  https://services.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \
  -H 'content-type: multipart/form-data' \
  -F 'request={
    "input": {
      "bounds": {
        "properties": {
          "crs": "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"
        },
        "bbox": [
          13.822174072265625,
          45.85080395917834,
          14.55963134765625,
          46.29191774991382
        ]
      },
      "data": [{
        "type": "dem",
        "dataFilter": {
          "demInstance": "COPERNICUS_30"
        },
        "processing": {
          "upsampling": "BILINEAR",
          "downsampling": "BILINEAR"
        }
      }]
    },
    "output": {
      "resx": 0.0003,
      "resy": 0.0003,
      "responses": [{
        "identifier": "default",
        "format": {
          "type": "image/tiff"
        }
      }]
    }
  }' \
  -F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3
    function setup() {
      return {
        input: ["DEM"],
        output: { bands: 1 }
      }
    }
    function evaluatePixel(sample) {
      return [sample.DEM/1000]
    }'

Copernicus DEM 90 values, orthometric heights (tif)

curl -X POST \
  https://creodias.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \
  -H 'content-type: multipart/form-data' \
  -F 'request={
    "input": {
      "bounds": {
        "properties": {
          "crs": "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"
        },
        "bbox": [
          13.822174072265625,
          45.85080395917834,
          14.55963134765625,
          46.29191774991382
        ]
      },
      "data": [{
        "type": "dem",
        "dataFilter": {
          "demInstance": "COPERNICUS_90"
        },
        "processing": {
          "upsampling": "BILINEAR",
          "downsampling": "BILINEAR"
        }
      }]
    },
    "output": {
      "width": 512,
      "height": 512,
      "responses": [{
        "identifier": "default",
        "format": {
          "type": "image/tiff"
        }
      }]
    }
  }' \
  -F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3
    function setup() {
      return {
        input: ["DEM"],
        output: {
          id: "default",
          bands: 1,
          sampleType: SampleType.FLOAT32
        }
      }
    }
    function evaluatePixel(sample) {
      return [sample.DEM]
    }'

Copernicus DEM 90 values, ellipsoidal heights (tif)

curl -X POST \
  https://creodias.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \
  -H 'content-type: multipart/form-data' \
  -F 'request={
    "input": {
      "bounds": {
        "properties": {
          "crs": "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"
        },
        "bbox": [
          13.822174072265625,
          45.85080395917834,
          14.55963134765625,
          46.29191774991382
        ]
      },
      "data": [{
        "type": "dem",
        "dataFilter": {
          "demInstance": "COPERNICUS_90"
        },
        "processing": {
          "egm": true,
          "upsampling": "BILINEAR",
          "downsampling": "BILINEAR"
        }
      }]
    },
    "output": {
      "width": 512,
      "height": 512,
      "responses": [{
        "identifier": "default",
        "format": {
          "type": "image/tiff"
        }
      }]
    }
  }' \
  -F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3
    function setup() {
      return {
        input: ["DEM"],
        output: {
          id: "default",
          bands: 1,
          sampleType: SampleType.FLOAT32
        }
      }
    }
    function evaluatePixel(sample) {
      return [sample.DEM]
    }'

Copernicus DEM 90 image at sea level (png)

curl -X POST \
  https://creodias.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \
  -H 'content-type: multipart/form-data' \
  -F 'request={
    "input": {
      "bounds": {
        "properties": {
          "crs": "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"
        },
        "bbox": [
          10.082016,
          42.625876,
          10.496063,
          42.927268
        ]
      },
      "data": [{
        "type": "dem",
        "dataFilter": {
          "demInstance": "COPERNICUS_90"
        },
        "processing": {
          "upsampling": "BILINEAR",
          "downsampling": "BILINEAR"
        }
      }]
    },
    "output": {
      "width": 512,
      "height": 512,
      "responses": [{
        "identifier": "default",
        "format": {
          "type": "image/png"
        }
      }]
    }
  }' \
  -F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3
    function setup() {
      return {
        input: ["DEM"],
        output: { bands: 3 }
      }
    }
    function evaluatePixel(sample) {
      if (sample.DEM > 0) {
        return [0, sample.DEM / 1000, 0]
      } else {
        return [0, 0, -sample.DEM / 100]
      }
    }'

Mapzen DEM image at sea level, clampNegatives (png)

curl -X POST \
  https://services-uswest2.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \
  -H 'content-type: multipart/form-data' \
  -F 'request={
    "input": {
      "bounds": {
        "properties": {
        "crs": "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"
        },
        "bbox": [
          10.082016,
          42.625876,
          10.496063,
          42.927268
        ]
      },
      "data": [{
        "type": "dem",
        "dataFilter": {
          "demInstance": "MAPZEN"
        },
        "processing": {
          "clampNegative": true,
          "upsampling": "BILINEAR",
          "downsampling": "BILINEAR"
        }
      }]
    },
    "output": {
      "width": 512,
      "height": 512,
      "responses": [{
        "identifier": "default",
        "format": {
          "type": "image/png"
        }
      }]
    }
  }' \
  -F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3
    function setup() {
      return {
        input: ["DEM"],
        output: { bands: 1 }
      }
    }
    function evaluatePixel(sample) {
      return [sample.DEM / 1000]
    }'

Mapzen DEM values at sea level, orthometric heights, clampNegatives (tif)

curl -X POST \
  https://services-uswest2.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \
  -H 'content-type: multipart/form-data' \
  -F 'request={
    "input": {
      "bounds": {
        "properties": {
          "crs": "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"
        },
        "bbox": [
          10.082016,
          42.625876,
          10.496063,
          42.927268
        ]
      },
      "data": [{
        "type": "dem",
        "dataFilter": {
          "demInstance": "MAPZEN"
        },
        "processing": {
          "egm": false,
          "clampNegative": true,
          "upsampling": "BILINEAR",
          "downsampling": "BILINEAR"
        }
      }]
    },
    "output": {
      "width": 512,
      "height": 512,
      "responses": [{
        "identifier": "default",
        "format": {
          "type": "image/tiff"
        }
      }]
    }
  }' \
  -F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3
    function setup() {
      return {
        input: ["DEM"],
        output: {
          id: "default",
          bands: 1,
          sampleType: SampleType.FLOAT32
        }
      }
    }
    function evaluatePixel(sample) {
      return [sample.DEM]
    }'

Mapzen DEM values at sea level, orthometric heights including negative values (tif)

curl -X POST \
  https://services-uswest2.sentinel-hub.com/api/v1/process \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <your access token>' \
  -H 'content-type: multipart/form-data' \
  -F 'request={
    "input": {
      "bounds": {
        "properties": {
          "crs": "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"
        },
        "bbox": [
          10.082016,
          42.625876,
          10.496063,
          42.927268
        ]
      },
      "data": [{
        "type": "dem",
        "dataFilter": {
          "demInstance": "MAPZEN"
        },
        "processing": {
          "clampNegative": false,
          "upsampling": "BILINEAR",
          "downsampling": "BILINEAR"
        }
      }]
    },
    "output": {
      "width": 512,
      "height": 512,
      "responses": [{
        "identifier": "default",
        "format": {
          "type": "image/tiff"
        }
      }]
    }
  }' \
  -F 'evalscript=//VERSION=3
    function setup() {
      return {
        input: ["DEM"],
        output: {
          id: "default",
          bands: 1,
          sampleType: SampleType.FLOAT32
        }
      }
    }
    function evaluatePixel(sample) {
      return [sample.DEM]
    }'