Google Earth Elevations vs SRTM

[RonMan]

Hi,

Scenario is:

I downloaded SRTM from USGS.

Another company has downloaded elevations from Google Earth.

Now there is a difference in elevations between the two terrains.

Is it really possilble to download Google Earth Elevation data?

Does Google earth use SRTM?

I have seen videos that downloads from Google Earth but from what i experienced before is that the downloaded elevations are not the same with the Google Earth Software.

Please direct me to proper community if i have posted in the wrong forum since i am unsure where to post this.

Thank you.

Ron

[RonMan]

Much appreciated for all of your inputs guys.  They are all informative.i know that google earth elevations are with tolerances.  Some i read +-15m.  I hope one could verify that google earth downloaded elevations by any means is not same with the software's elevations.