title: How to get elevation data for a google fit session
body: <p>Since the latest changes to the Google Fit REST API, location data can only be read by the application initially wrote the data. See <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53618213/google-fit-permission-problems">Google fit permission problems</a>. </p>
  
  <p>This is too bad since it allowed for useful features as tracking routes for workouts. But I can live without this. </p>
  
  <p>However, what I really need for my data analysis is elevation data, i.e., track the elevation gain of the user during a workout session. Altitude gain is a rather important metric in the analysis of certain activities, often more important than distance.</p>
  
  <p>My question is thus: Without the access to the location data (which included the user's altitude), how can I query elevation data from google fit for a given session?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any ideas.</p>