hypsometry

The field of telling your height using these methods is "hypsometry".

In other words, bathymetry is the underwater equivalent to hypsometry or topography.

(1983) contain detailed analyses of continental hypsometry.

A hypsometer is an instrument used in hypsometry, which estimates the elevation by boiling water - water boils at different temperatures depending on the air pressure, and thus altitude.

From an examination of global hypsometry Wegener had noted the concentration of large areas of the Earth's surface around two levels representing the continental platforms and the ocean basins.

Related to the term hypsometry, the measurement of these elevations of a planet's solid surface are taken relative to mean datum, except for Earth which is taken relative to the sea level.

He was the author of the following Government publications: "Alaska Investigations," "Hypsometry," Elements of Chart Making," Safeguard the Gateways of Alaska," Earthquake Investigations in the United States," and The Neglected Waters of the Pacific."