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](https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/maps/elevation/get-data-for-bounding-box?tabs=HTTP) * [Get Data For Points](https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/maps/elevation/get-data-for-points?tabs=HTTP) * [Get Data For Polyline](https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/maps/elevation/get-data-for-polyline?tabs=HTTP) * [Post Data For Points](https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/maps/elevation/post-data-for-points?tabs=HTTP) * [Post Data For Polyline](https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/maps/elevation/post-data-for-polyline?tabs=HTTP) The following DEM tiles in the [Render V2 – Get Map Tile service](https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/maps/render-v2/get-map-tile?tabs=HTTP) 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](https://learn.microsoft.com/bingmaps/rest-services/elevations/get-elevations) service to replace [Azure Maps Elevation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/elevation) services. View [Bing Maps licensing](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/maps/licensing/) for pricing and licensing options. * Use the free Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data to [build DEM tiles](https://aka.ms/AAjvxn6) on the Microsoft Azure to replace the elevation tiles in the [Render V2 – Get Map Tile service](https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/maps/render-v2/get-map-tile?tabs=HTTP). **More information** If you have questions, get answers from community experts in [Microsoft Q&A](https://aka.ms/AAjxyyg). If you have a support plan and you need technical help, create a [support request](https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft%5FAzure%5FSupport/HelpAndSupportBlade/newsupportrequest). * Azure Maps * Retirements * [ Azure Maps](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/services/azure-maps/)