topographical

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Even small details—a brochure for a luxury yacht and a topographical map of Panama—illustrate the kind of granular research he pursued to ground his characters in later novels, such as “The Night Manager.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Unlike Pacific Palisades, a community built on the steep bluffs and canyons of the Santa Monica foothills with narrow — and limited — roads in and out, west Altadena presented few glaring topographical hurdles.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2025

The large fabric “mapestries” that she embroiders with topographical details add to her affiliation with traditional craftspeople.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

And, despite the range of climates and topographical characteristics across Greenland, the findings are ubiquitous, even among Earth's northernmost glaciers.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023

It is called multibeam echo sounder technology and it can provide a 3-D topographical map of the ocean floor and any structures, including shipwrecks, that are lying there.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler