Defn: One who is skilled in the science of topography; one who describes a particular place, town, city, or tract of land. Dante is the one authorized topographer of the mediæval hell. Milman.
TOPOGRAPHIC; TOPOGRAPHICAL
Top`o*graph"ic, a. Top`o*graph"ic*al,Etym: [Cf. F. topographique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to topography; descriptive of a place.
— Top`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. Topographical map. See under
Cadastral.
— Topographical surveying. See under Surveying.
TOPOGRAPHIST
To*pog"ra*phist, n.
Defn: A topographer.
TOPOGRAPHY
To*pog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [F. topographie, Gr.
Defn: The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute detail of any place or region.
Note: Topography, as the description of particular places, is distinguished from chorography, the description of a region or a district, and for geography, the description of the earth or of countries. Brande & C.
TOPOLOGY
To*pol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
Defn: The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place. [R.]