topographer

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To remedy this, Grosvenor hired topographer Albert Bumstead, who had recently mapped the region around the newly discovered Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru, to establish the Society’s cartography department in 1915.

From National Geographic

"It is a serious challenge to survey this cave," says Thomas Arbenz, a Swiss speleologist and cave topographer.

From BBC

Perhaps Pollock was a kind of topographer himself, charting some inner territory — until he gave up on the project of representation altogether.

From New York Times

Mr. Costa, the Left Bloc voter who is an assistant topographer, said his monthly salary of 600 euros, or about $672, forced him to live with his parents.

From New York Times

While the steps might not be as old as those at Hogwarts, they were cut from pine about 350 years ago to become elements of the three-story architectural feature, which Thomas Dineley, an English topographer of the day, dubbed “the fairest staircase in Ireland.”

From Architectural Digest