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mapper

  • a word derived from map.
    map
    noun
    a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation.

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To do so, Boggs and his team are working on a machine learning algorithm to integrate into the satellite-based geostationary lightning mapper data.

From Washington Post Aug. 3, 2022

Launched July 30, Perseverance carries an impressive array of instruments and technologies, including 23 cameras, three spectrometers, a radar mapper, and a weather station.

From Slate Feb. 17, 2021

After Hayden came frontier mapper Frederick Miller Endlich, who wrote: “Among all the mountains that have come under my observation, none has been fraught with the absorbing interest presented by the Spanish Peaks.”

From Washington Times Mar. 24, 2018

Gravity mapper Goce has been firing its electric engine non stop since 2009 Of course the penalty is that ion engines put you in the slow lane.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2012

The second part covered fifty-five miles, besides the ascent of the mountain to a height of about five thousand feet: the mapper also increased this figure to 59 2/3.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton