With that information, the GPS receiver can also determine elevation.
The signals enabled him to determine the precise longitude, latitude and elevation of the party's base camp.
Originally, mathematicians used the simpler calculus of earlier centuries to determine velocity, thrust, elevation, curve, distance and other parameters.
Ecologists have proposed a wide range of factors determining the slope and elevation of the species-area relationship.
The newest computers (sometimes called cyclocomputers by manufacturers and stores) can do more than monitor speed and distance; the most sophisticated can also count the rider's heart rate and determine elevation.
These devices use gyros in all three axes to determine current elevation, azimuth and trunnion tilt.
In addition, IID is used not only to determine elevation of the sound source, but also, to a lesser degree, azimuth.
Azimuth was determined by mechanical scanning with an associated accompanying PRV-11 (NATO reporting name "Side Net") used to determine elevation.
Various slide rules: These devices performed the various calculations required to determine the required gun azimuth and elevation.
To determine elevation of a place, it must be surveyed, in reference to a ground control point.