topographer
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As the 16th-century French topographer Pierre Gilles observed, the Bosporus “is the first creator of Byzantium, greater and more important than Byzas,” the founder of Byzantium.
From New York Times • May 12, 2022
Thinking it would make a good triangulation point, he sent his chief topographer and two assistants to set up a survey station on its peak in the dry heat of a July morning.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2020
I wanted to be a topographer when I was young.
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2014
"It was 75% engineering and 25% a miracle," said topographer Macarena Valdes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2010
When I was older, I wanted to be a cartographer, then a topographer.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
