Note: The 2014 data here donât reflect advanceable payments of the premium tax credit (APTC) for which an applicant may be eligible due to his/her householdâs income and how it relates to the federal poverty level (FPL). The plan data show premiums for the following rating scenarios: 1  Child -- one child any age.
1 Also called angle of elevation. the angle between the line from an observer or instrument to an object above the observer or instrument and a horizontal line.  the distance above a datum level.
For other uses, see Elevation (disambiguation) . Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth â approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered with water. A sign at 8000 feet (2438 meters) in the San Bernardino Mountains. The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic system, vertical datum).