GratisGIS

Point clouds can now produce a height-above-ground map: the height of trees, buildings, and anything else standing on the bare earth, colored from transparent (open ground) to deep green (tall). One click on the point cloud's page, and the result is a normal layer for any map.

Every map now has an elevation profile tool in the toolbar. Draw a line across the landscape and get an instant chart of the ground height along it, with the distance, the low and high points, and the total climb, in feet or meters. Hover the chart and a marker follows along the line on the map. It works in web apps too: app builders can drop an Elevation Profile button next to any map.

Pick a spot on a map, set a height and how far to look, and GratisGIS works out exactly which ground can be seen from there, using your lidar-derived terrain. The answer appears right on the open map as a green overlay, and it's saved as a normal layer you can style, share, and reuse. Handy for siting towers and cameras, checking view protection, or planning an event.

Elevation layers can now produce two classic map layers on their own page: contour lines drawn at whatever spacing you choose (with elevations in both feet and meters, ready for labeling and popups) and a steepness map that colors the ground from green (flat) to red (very steep). Both land as regular items you can add to maps, style, and share like anything else.

3D maps have a new "height boost" slider under the basemap button. True scale is honest but gentle terrain can be hard to read; a little boost makes the shape of the land pop for presentations and review meetings.