This document discusses stereoscopic parallax and its use in photogrammetry. Stereoscopic parallax is the apparent shift in position of an object's image between two overlapping photographs taken from different positions. The amount of parallax is directly related to the object's elevation - higher objects have greater parallax. Parallax can be measured directly on the photographs or using a stereoscope. The parallax measurements can then be used in trigonometric equations to calculate the ground coordinates and elevations of points visible in the stereo pair. These parallax methods provide a fundamental way to determine elevations from aerial photographs.