Topographer in the context of "Sven Hedin"

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⭐ Core Definition: Topographer

Topography is the study of forms and features of land surfaces. The topography of an area may refer to landforms and features themselves, or a description or depiction in maps.

Topography is a field of geoscience and planetary science, and is concerned with local detail in general, including not only relief, but also natural, artificial, and cultural features such as roads, land boundaries, and buildings. In the United States, topography often means specifically relief, even though the USGS topographic maps record not just elevation contours, but also roads, populated places, structures, land boundaries, and so on.

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👉 Topographer in the context of Sven Hedin

Sven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO, (19 February 1865 – 26 November 1952) was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator of his own works. During four expeditions to Central Asia, he made the Transhimalaya known in the West and located sources of the Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej Rivers. He also mapped lake Lop Nur, and the remains of cities, grave sites and the Great Wall of China in the deserts of the Tarim Basin. In his book Från pol till pol (From Pole to Pole), Hedin describes a journey through Asia and Europe between the late 1880s and the early 1900s. While traveling, Hedin visited Turkey, the Caucasus, Tehran, Iraq, lands of the Kyrgyz people and the Russian Far East, India, China and Japan. The posthumous publication of his Central Asia Atlas marked the conclusion of his life's work.

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Topographer in the context of List of United States Army Corps of Engineers Chiefs of Engineers

The chief of engineers is a principal United States Army staff officer at The Pentagon. The chief advises the Army on engineering matters, and serves as the Army's topographer and proponent for real estate and other related engineering programs. The chief of engineers is the senior service engineer for the Department of Defense, responsible for integrating all aspects of combat, general and geospatial engineering across the Joint Force.

The chief of engineers also commands the United States Army Corps of Engineers. As commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the chief of engineers leads a major Army command that is the world's largest public engineering, design, and construction management agency. This office defines policy and guidance, and it plans direction for the organizations within the Corps. The chief of engineers is currently a lieutenant general billet but in the past has been held by field grade officers as low as major. Civilian oversight of the chief of engineers is provided by the assistant secretary of the Army for civil works.

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Topographer in the context of William Martin Leake

William Martin Leake FRS (14 January 1777 – 6 January 1860) was an English soldier, spy, topographer, diplomat, antiquarian, writer, and Fellow of the Royal Society. He served in the British Army, spending much of his career in the Mediterranean seaports. He developed an interest in geography and culture of the regions visited, and authored a number of works, mainly about Greece.

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← List of United States Army Corps of Engineers Chiefs of Engineers ← Sven Hedin ← William Martin Leake
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Stowe, Vermont → Contour line → False color → Satellite imagery → Urban area → New York metropolitan area → Manhattan → Land surface → Depiction → Geoscience → Planetary science → Terrain → Natural environment → Culture → United States Geological Survey → Quadrangle (geography) → Elevation →