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 used this technique to make a scale plan with the help of the army topographers, who made a series of topographical recreations of the landscape.
They were not topographers and only used topography as published in the large-scale maps of that era as a general basis for their later, more generalized works.
He describes him as a man of strong natural genius, who, during the vicissitudes of a life remarkably chequered, rendered himself conspicuous as a draughtsman and topographer.
With these publications he achieved fame in the scholarly circles as a classical topographer.
The topographic surface is generally the concern of topographers and hydrographers.
Between 1912 and 1930 he worked as a topographer.
Civilian topographers accompanied the army reconnaissance patrols which would last for several days at a time.
At the same time he continued to produce works as an engineer and topographer.
