A widely used functionality in some sectors such as environment or topography is that which allows to calculate elevation profiles, a tool that has been included in the latest version of gvSIG Online, thanks to the Uruguay SDI project.

With this tool, when drawing a longitudinal profile on the geoportal, and finishing that polyline (which can be made up of several segments) the elevation profile is calculated from the included Digital Elevation Model, and the graph is shown, which can be saved as image to be inserted in a presentation or report.

At this video you can see how it works: