0 a person who studies topography (= the physical appearance of the natural features of land):
1 a person who maps the surface features of land
He served as a topographer and a captain in the Swedish army.
These documents are usually only of much interest to the topographer and historian.
Nervertheless early geologists and topographers had a fundamental agreement about the location and names of the subranges.
Urza also drew on his training as a topographer to map the tunnels that became their sticky, damp home.
At the same time he continued to produce works as an engineer and topographer.
Civilian topographers accompanied the army reconnaissance patrols which would last for several days at a time.
Between 1912 and 1930 he worked as a topographer.