SRTM.py is a python parser for the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission elevation data.
See: http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/.
This project is a portal project of https://github.com/tkrajina/srtm.py. This project provide less functions than srtm.py, but it can use mmap to accelerate fetching data. And we assume you have srtm data already, not on network.
from srtm import GeoElevation
filepath = '/filepath/'
elevation_data = GeoElevation(filepath, pre_load=True)
print('CGN Airport elevation (meters):',
elevation_data.get_elevation(50.8682, 7.1377))